# Confused about wifi password length

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/confused-about-wifi-password-length/13867>\
**Category:** Anova Support\
**Created:** [March 31, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/confused-about-wifi-password-length/13867 "2018-03-31T14:45:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![brenndav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@brenndav](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/brenndav)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/confused-about-wifi-password-length/13867/1 "2018-03-31T14:45:46Z")

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Today in an idle moment I read the Anova WiFi connectivity issues. Only to find a bazare 18 character limit on password length. Whats interesting is that my Anova is connected on WiFi and has a 32 character password.

Explain!

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**Author:** ![SouthernDad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/southerndad/32/1757_2.png) [@SouthernDad](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/SouthernDad)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/confused-about-wifi-password-length/13867/2 "2018-03-31T18:18:12Z")

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In addition, you do not want any special characters in your WiFi password and you want your Anova to be on your 2.4 gHz WiFi. This is not just limited to Anova. I have many home automation devices in my home, many of my devices have similar requirements. I have also found that many devices, including the Anova do not like Apple Airport Extreme routers. I have multiple routers in my home so this is not a problem for me but others this is an issue.