Arduino with WiFly Shield

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Hi,

i am currently on a project that requires my to use the wifly,
but however, i am just at the learning steps of how to use and connect the wifly to control one LED,
i am following this example:
http://mgisolutions.blogspot.sg/2012/05/arduino-wifly-shield-tutorial.html

however, i couldnt light up my LED,
is it one of the configurations that i have done wrongly or the things that i used are not compatible with the one used in the blog?
i tried to connect the WiFly up to my router, because the network at my workplace requires a separate login at a website, so kinda confusing and all, so to make things easier i used a router. well wifi and router should be the same aint it?
im kinda new to wifly and arduino programming so please guide me along :slight_smile:

i am using arduino R3, WiFly 2.21 RN-131C, and a DLink router

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WiFi is the name for a wireless networking technology. WiFly is a brand name some WiFi products that usually connect to microcontrollers using a TTL serial connection. Routers are network devices that connect two separate networks, deciding which packet have to be forwarded to the other side. Most routers used for home networks today support WiFi as one of their networks but WiFi and router are not equivalent terms.

From your post it doesn't get clear what your problem is. Can you connect to your WiFi network over the WiFly shield? How is your DLink router set up? Do you have encryption enabled and if yes, which method (WEP, WPA, WPA2) do you use. Do you intend to use your WiFly as a server or as a client? How far did you already get?