Question how to type "¿" on field for wifi password

[thosecars82]

Hello

I have OS X Yosemite Version 10.10.5

Does anyone know how I can type "¿" in the field for a WIFI password?

I'm trying to connect to a wifi network that has this symbol "¿" as a character in the password. The computer allows me to type this symbol anywhere else for example in a word processor but not in the field for the wifi password.

Does anyone know how i could possibly work this out?

Thank you a lot in advance.

 

[getochkn]

type it in the word processor, copy and paste?

 

[thosecars82]

Thanks. I already tried that from the beginning and it did not work though.

 

[yian11]

Thanks. I already tried that from the beginning and it did not work though.

I believe it's part of the Spanish or Portuguese alphabet. Try installing that and see if it works.

 

[thosecars82]

I do not know what you mean with installing an alphabet. I know the computer's keyboard is on Spanish language though but it apparently does not help.

 

[BuddhaSkoota]

Does anyone know how I can type "¿" in the field for a WIFI password?

I'm trying to connect to a wifi network that has this symbol "¿" as a character in the password. The computer allows me to type this symbol anywhere else for example in a word processor but not in the field for the wifi password.

Have you tried Alt+168? (Hold down the Alt key while typing 168). That is the Alt key code for ¿

 

[McHenryB]

Does anyone know how I can type "¿" in the field for a WIFI password?

I'm trying to connect to a wifi network that has this symbol "¿" as a character in the password. The computer allows me to type this symbol anywhere else for example in a word processor but not in the field for the wifi password.

Have you tried Alt+168? (Hold down the Alt key while typing 168). That is the Alt key code for ¿

The Alt+xxx combinations don't work on OS X; and 168 is not the code on a Mac that character.

 

[BuddhaSkoota]

The Alt+xxx combinations don't work on OS X; and 168 is not the code on a Mac that character.

Oops, overlooked the OS X reference.

 

[McHenryB]

The real problem is that this is a very silly character to use in a password that will be used from different computers and other devices. Are you able to persuade the owner to change the password to something more usable (standard ASCII characters only)? Otherwise it's going to be very difficult to connect to that network from other than a Windows PC.

Edit: Note that the IEEE standard for wireless networks specifies that the password should consist only of ASCII characters with codes between 32 and 126. You've just discovered the reason for this.

 

[jsmithepa]

Maybe that symbol is just a generic representation for "I can't display." Somebody is making this hard for you.

 

[itmoba]

Option-Shift-? will produce ¿

 

[thosecars82]

Thanks. I alredy tried "Option-Shift-? will produce ¿". It did not work either though. If what "McHenryB" said is right, then there might not be any other solution for this problem besides changing the router's wifi password.

 

[itmoba]

What kind of keyboard do you have, and which language do you have enabled in language settings?