wifi connection

musomaniac

musomaniac

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hi everyone , i have a new nikon d5500 , and cant connect it to either my moto g play , or the router , ihave followed various instructions but the camera will not connect , on my phone the cameras ssid comes up in the wifi settings , but when i try to connect it say authentifiction problem , i am on virgin wifi , does anyone have any ideas on what maybe wrong , i purchased this camera because of the wifi features
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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it is not designed to connect to your WiFI. It creates its own WiFI of which your phone can connect to it. Then you can use your phone to to see your camera and either take photo with it or download photos to your phone from the camera. You will need to have the app on your phone to connect. I have iPhone so can't guide your through the procedures with non-iPhone. Look for Nikon WMU app in your app store
 
Scott Murray

Scott Murray

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musomaniac said:
hi everyone , i have a new nikon d5500 , and cant connect it to either my moto g play , or the router , ihave followed various instructions but the camera will not connect , on my phone the cameras ssid comes up in the wifi settings , but when i try to connect it say authentifiction problem , i am on virgin wifi , does anyone have any ideas on what maybe wrong , i purchased this camera because of the wifi features
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Welcome, I use qDSLRdashboard. DslrDashboard | Controlling Nikon and Canon DSLR this is much better than Nikon WMU honestly.
 
cwgrizz

cwgrizz

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The WMU works with the D5300, however saying that I haven't used it much. Only mainly to test it out to see if it would function and it did. It's been so long ago, I would have to play with it again to remember any details. Ha!
 
musomaniac

musomaniac

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i already have the nikon wmu app , but the problem is with the authentification , as i say , once i have enabled the wifi on the camera , the cameras ssid shows up on my phones wifi connection settings , but when i click the cameras ssid i always get "authentification problem",i cannot use any app until this connection is made
 
musomaniac

musomaniac

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yes i disconnect from the normal wifi, then try to connect to the cameras network, i think the camera is not talking to the router hence the "authentification problem" it alays comes up with
 
Danno_RIP

Danno_RIP

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Welcome to the forum. I have a D7200 I use the built in wifi occasionally. I find it works best when I am not home. When I am home the phone will drop the camera occasionally and go to the house network. The camera WiFi is not designed to connect to a network. It will let me connect my tablet or phone to the camera. I use a Samsung S7
 
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vmx12n

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There is no router involved, just your camera and phone. Think in terms of Bluetooth.

You also may discover that battery life takes a substantial hit if you use it much.
 
musomaniac

musomaniac

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ok well the camera will not connect to the phone , and vice versa , it always comes up with "authentification problem"when i try to connect them
vmx12n said:
There is no router involved, just your camera and phone. Think in terms of Bluetooth.

You also may discover that battery life takes a substantial hit if you use it much.
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cwgrizz

cwgrizz

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The camera is the WiFi connection for the phone to connect to directly. No router is involved. You can turn any routers off. All that is involved is the camera and the phone. Think of the camera as the router.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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musomaniac said:
yes i disconnect from the normal wifi, then try to connect to the cameras network, i think the camera is not talking to the router hence the "authentification problem" it alays comes up with
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The camera does not connect to any router. The phone connects to the camera. This may be what you are saying but just want to make sure this is what you are trying to do.

on the phone in wifi and when you see the camera click on Forget connection and start over.
 
musomaniac

musomaniac

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tried the forget connection , went into camera settings , enabled wifi , camera shows up on phone , but when i click it to connect "authentification problem " again pops up
 
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nickt

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Does your camera have a screen under the wifi menu to reset network settings? My d7200 has it. Try that. I just got a new phone, so I am getting re-familiar with this tonight. No password was needed, the phone just connected to the camera's wifi without issue. It just comes up as an unsecured network and I connected. So maybe try the reset network connection menu in the camera if you have it on your camera.
 
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