Belkin router and password connectivity

So I’m having an issue with connecting to my main home Wifi network. It is the most basic of issues I can’t seem to wrap my head around. I am trying to figure what could be preventing everyone on my main SSID broadcast not be able to connect to the network. It all lies in the password….The network password is right I am typing the right password and when I do it tries to connect and then hangs then displays a message that it could not connect to the WiFi location. What would cause this issue of not being able to connect through my main SSID domains networks Wifi? It has worked in the past.
All the firmware is updated on the router and I am able to connect to the internet using LAN and the Guest’s SSID network. I have not changed any of the settings since I’ve owned the router it’s pretty much set to factory default besides of course the firmware updates. I don’t have certain MAC addresses configured or anything in-depth like that it’s pretty much on default settings as I said. It’s on a dynamic setup not static and my ISP does not require a password or anything of that sort.
But for some reason on this Belkin Router the 2.4 GHz SSID (my main WiFi domain network I want all the WiFi devices to connect to this SSID none of the devices can connect to this SSID domain. I have full signal with all the devices and it is a 1 story house so it’s not an interference issue. My password is pretty simple so I’m not mistakenly typing the wrong password or it would had me notified me with a pop up window displaying incorrect password. Also I can look at the password in the browser settings at 192. etc
For anyone to connect using WiFi I have to create a guest SSID network to broadcast for WiFi connections to connect but then my printer will not work on the WiFi network with the guest SSID domain because it can only connect through the main SSID domain broadcast???
Why can I not connect to the main SSID broadcast without having to create a guest domain network?
Why isn’t my password allowing me to connect? What could possibly be preventing everyone from connecting to my main SSID broadcast?!!
Thanks
I’m using Win7 Home Enterprise+8.1 pro, Android and Canon for printing.
Belkin N600DB Wireless Router Model F9K1102 v2
Answer #1
turn off the ur security setting, so everybody can connect. does it work?
Answer #2
Yes everyone can connect to the SSID when the security is turned off.
Answer #3
WPA Encryption
set to wpa2-personal
Authentication Method
set to AES
When you say you have changed the password, you changed the WPA Pre-Shared Key .. right?
Answer #4
WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK) is and was what I was using as opposed to 64 bit and 128 bit WEP encryption choices. AES encryption technique is default with this Belkin router. The PSK is the only input that is in my control a.k.a the passwords. I haven’t changed the password or tried the other 2 encryption techniques to test compliance because I have users who require a steady internet as of right now. I will be testing the other encryption techniques and trying a different password…I just want to know why WPA/WPA2 encryption is not allowing my clients to connect to the SSID I want.
Answer #5
Maybe try changing the password, making sure to save the change and then reboot the router.
Obviously the password that it set in the router isn’t getting saved correctly or … I remember an old router that didn’t allow certain characters (although it should have) and didn’t say anything about it when I saved the password.
So maybe also try to dummy up the password for a quick test.
Answer #6
Lol yeah. Well the password is already the basics of basics for generated passwords. Which is okay since I’m located in a remote area without a lot of people. So the security threshold doesn’t have to be highly elaborate. Which signifies the very generic and simple password I already have for the router…I’ve heard other anecdotes about Belkin routers not being compliant with long and complex characters and the user not being able to connect.
Answer #7
The belkin I had didn’t last the day before it was back to the store (it wasn’t for me) when I found out that passwords had to pretty much be plain text.
Did you try a save and reboot?
The only other thing I can think of is to reset to factory (other than ditching it and getting something else – an expense I’m sure you want to avoid).