OBI202 won't connect to wireless router

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Spinland:
I've already done a search and this thread was of no help:

http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=3587.0

My router is an Apple Time Capsule, and there are nearly a dozen devices successfully connected to both the main and the guest networks via wi-fi.  For whatever reason, the OBI202 will not connect. It scans and finds the networks just fine, but when I enter the WPA2 key the page just says "Connecting to <SSID>" and that's all that happens while I wait for several minutes. 

Spinland:
If I deliberately enter an incorrect WPA2 key I instantly get an authentication fail response, if that helps any.

Spinland:
I guess one possible issue is my router serves DHCP in the 172.16.1.x range? The defaults all seem to be expecting 192.168.10.x, but if I try changing anything it just bricks the OBI202 and I have to factory reset it.

Rick:
http://www.obihai.com/supportTicketForm.php

Spinland:
Well, no telling how long they'll take to respond to my trouble ticket, but in the meantime I did some sleuthing and uncovered the problem: there's a bug in how the Obi's wi-fi handles WPA2 keys.

My key starts with a non-alphanumeric character, and Obi cannot handle that. Interestingly enough, the nine other devices on the same network, from multiple manufacturers, have had no problem at all with the same key.  I stumbled across the bug when I tried my guest network, which WPA2 key starts with an alphanumeric, and got in.

I altered the first character of my primary key to be alphanumeric, and the Obi was able to connect to the primary network.

In the case Obi doesn't fix this bug, maybe this will help prevent someone else from all the headache it has caused me. If and when they ever respond to my trouble ticket I'll tell them about it.

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