ConnectWithWPA

Connect With WPA

This example shows you how to connect to a WPA2 Personal encrypted 802.11b/g network with the Arduino WiFi shield. Your Arduino Software (IDE) serial monitor will provide information about the connection once it has connected.

Hardware Required

Arduino WiFi Shield
Shield-compatible Arduino or Genuino board

Circuit

The WiFi shield uses pins 10, 11, 12, and 13 for the SPI connection to the HDG104 module. Digital pin 4 is used to control the slave select pin on the SD card.

You should have access to a 802.11b/g wireless network that connects to the internet for this example. You will need to change the network settings in the sketch to correspond to your particular networks SSID.

For networks using WPA/WPA2 Personal encryption, you need the SSID and password. The shield will not connect to networks using WPA2 Enterprise encryption.

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In the above image, the board would be stacked below the WiFi shield.

Code

/*

This example connects to an unencrypted Wifi network.
Then it prints the MAC address of the Wifi shield,
the IP address obtained, and other network details.

Circuit:
* WiFi shield attached

created 13 July 2010
by dlf (Metodo2 srl)
modified 31 May 2012
by Tom Igoe
*/
#include <SPI.h>
#include <WiFi.h>

char ssid[] = "yourNetwork"; // your network SSID (name)
char pass[] = "secretPassword"; // your network password
int status = WL_IDLE_STATUS; // the Wifi radio's status

void setup() {
//Initialize serial and wait for port to open:
Serial.begin(9600);
while (!Serial) {
; // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB port only
}

// check for the presence of the shield:
if (WiFi.status() == WL_NO_SHIELD) {
Serial.println("WiFi shield not present");
// don't continue:
while (true);
}

String fv = WiFi.firmwareVersion();
if (fv != "1.1.0") {
Serial.println("Please upgrade the firmware");
}

// attempt to connect to Wifi network:
while (status != WL_CONNECTED) {
Serial.print("Attempting to connect to WPA SSID: ");
Serial.println(ssid);
// Connect to WPA/WPA2 network:
status = WiFi.begin(ssid, pass);

// wait 10 seconds for connection:
delay(10000);
}

// you're connected now, so print out the data:
Serial.print("You're connected to the network");
printCurrentNet();
printWifiData();

}

void loop() {
// check the network connection once every 10 seconds:
delay(10000);
printCurrentNet();
}

void printWifiData() {
// print your WiFi shield's IP address:
IPAddress ip = WiFi.localIP();
Serial.print("IP Address: ");
Serial.println(ip);
Serial.println(ip);

// print your MAC address:
byte mac[6];
WiFi.macAddress(mac);
Serial.print("MAC address: ");
Serial.print(mac[5], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(mac[4], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(mac[3], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(mac[2], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(mac[1], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.println(mac[0], HEX);

}

void printCurrentNet() {
// print the SSID of the network you're attached to:
Serial.print("SSID: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.SSID());

// print the MAC address of the router you're attached to:
byte bssid[6];
WiFi.BSSID(bssid);
Serial.print("BSSID: ");
Serial.print(bssid[5], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(bssid[4], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(bssid[3], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(bssid[2], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.print(bssid[1], HEX);
Serial.print(":");
Serial.println(bssid[0], HEX);

// print the received signal strength:
long rssi = WiFi.RSSI();
Serial.print("signal strength (RSSI):");
Serial.println(rssi);

// print the encryption type:
byte encryption = WiFi.encryptionType();
Serial.print("Encryption Type:");
Serial.println(encryption, HEX);
Serial.println();
}

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Connect With WPA

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