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Sandisk SD Wi-fi Not playing ball!

Having just installed a wi-fi network in my house I though (bad idea) I'd buy myself a wi-fi card for my XDA II. Everything works fine, except fo course, the XDA side of things.
Ok, heres what I've done / got.
I have a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router which connects three PC's with no problems at all, in fact I would recommend it for it's ease of set-up. Got my wi-fi SD card thingy sticking out top of XDA II and it said all things I expected it to say, connecting to linksys using Work all the normal stuff. Now, heres the bit I hate, if I go into connections | Network Cards... To the Configure Wireless Networks bit, it says `Linksys... Available, great I though! Told it to connect and it says `connecting` then back to `available`!!!! The bloody light in the wi-fi card just sits thre blinking at me!
I've managed to connect twice, don't know how I did it, but if I disconnect, that's it, won't reconnect for love na money.
Any help would be really appreicated.
Thanks in advance.

i get the same problem at times - try taking the card out and reinserting

Tried that, and lots of warm reboots, two hard resets... I'm writing this on the xda, but it's only luck that it's connected!

I guess i get the same problem but less often it gets fixed more frequently. Do tell me about settings and your ROM version. Let me see if there is something obviously different that I am doing.

I had est Drivers
I had similar problems until I upgraded to the latest software – it was better but still not the best, I find it slightly more reliable if I switch the radio off before ejecting the card.

faisal said:
I guess i get the same problem but less often it gets fixed more frequently. Do tell me about settings and your ROM version. Let me see if there is something obviously different that I am doing.
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Ok, I'm connected! Here goes...
Rom 01.03.00. USA
Radio 01.05.12'
as for settings well, most are blank when i would expect something like work or internet, wep is enabled and err, thats about it. No vpn, no proxy and mostly no connection!

Interestingly i had great difficulty installing the SanDisk software when I had your version. I upgraded using the version at clubimate.com and that problem got fixed. In your case however, you are not having any installation difficulties (and clubimate wont accept your imei unless your phone was bought in the UAE/gulf region.
In my case, the proxy is set, and the card is supposed to connect automaticall to "all available". WEP is off.
Is the signal strong enough? Perhaps you are at the edge of the coverage and that explains the intermittent nature of things?
I am not sure if this helps but let me know and I will try to see how else your problem can be solved.

The signal must be strong, I've tried it within an inch of my access point! I have tried to connect in starbucks and the lobby of a hotel I know has a hot-spot, flashing is all I get! I can see the network's they appear as 'available' but that's all. I haven't been able to connect to my home network since yesterday!!!
I could get violent, and I thought bluetooth was a pain!

I got the same problems until I've updated the drivers for the SD WiFi from Sandisk.
It's still not plug&Play as I thought it to be but much better. If does not work just when I plug in the card a soft reset ill do.
The latest version is from Oct. 2003 I think

802.11b/g Bug??
MartinHSabag said:
I got the same problems until I've updated the drivers for the SD WiFi from Sandisk.
It's still not plug&Play as I thought it to be but much better. If does not work just when I plug in the card a soft reset ill do.
The latest version is from Oct. 2003 I think
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I read somewhere that SanDisk SD WiFi card would connect reliably to a 802.11b router but the combo 802.11b/g router created problems. SanDisk was talking of needing an asic change??
Anyone confirm this as I just got a SanDisk SD WiFi card for my XDA2 and am now researching whether to get a 802.11b or 802.11g wireless router at home.

I have the G router from Linksys, but I get the same problems at a friend's house and he has the B one....

Latest SanDisk SD WiFi Card Drivers
Just checking ...
The latest SD WM2003 driver, V60 (Oct/03) at their website contains the following:
Network Driver
- V3.00.04.02.0030 dated Sep.8, 2003
Config Utility:
- V3.00.04.2.0060
NIC Firmware
- V1.07.06.00
Is this considered the latest SanDisk SD WiFi drivers to you all?

D-Link DI-624 802.11g High-Speed Wireless Router
I'm thinking of getting this router and it's wireless pc card (DWL-G650) for my laptop.
Anybody had success/failures with the XDA2 SanDisk SD WiFi card connecting to this router?

Yep, that's the latest version.
I'm using it with no major problems except what I've described above.

Just a quick update.
I don't know what happened but since I've installed pocketWiNc the SanDisk Wi-Fi SD is just a brill ! :lol:
I just pop it in and within 3-4 seconds I'm online.
Could it be that that SW manages the card better ?
Touch wood anyway....

cshields
I have a Buffalo router (b and g combo). the sandisk card connects with occaisonal exceptions.

Here's the Scoop on D-Link Router & SanDisk SD WiFi
Well I just rx'd all the components for my home wireless network:
1) D-Link DI-624 Super G Router
2) D-Link DWL-G650 Super G Cardbus Adapter
3) SanDisk SD WiFi card for my XDA2
Got some interesting stuff to share with ya'll.
The SanDisk WiFi would not connect to the router. After talking with SanDisk tech support, they state they only support connections to 802.11b routers and not 802.11b/g routers. I was ready to return the D-Link router. I called D-Link tech support shoping to find out if I could disable the g and only run b (802.11). No way. A 2nd D-Link tech called me 10 min later and had a solution. Update the router firmware from 2.25 driver to the latest version 2.28 and then disable the Super G mode. Voila! SanDisk WiFi connects without a problem at 801.11b (11MB/s). The laptop connects to the router at 802.11g (54MB/s). Cool.
I'm using 64-bit WEP hex encryption. Using www.texan.net/speed.htm I get ~420Kbps (50K bytes/sec). Not bad. I'm using Time Warner's RoadRunner cable service with a Motorola BitSurfer modem. Using www.bandwidthplace.com, I clocked the router/cable connection at 2.7Mb/s. This web site doesn't seem to work on a pda.
Anyway, nuff said. In summary, there is a way with the new D-Link super-G router to have your XDA2 WiFi B cake and eat it too!
Craig

Good post - there's hope for the rest of us who are having problems with the Sandisk Wi-Fi card and D-Link routers/access pts.
I'm attempting to use the Sandisk SDWSDB-000 Wi-Fi card in my XDA2 at home. At home I've got a D-Link DI-704P router with a DWL-900AP+
I can *sometimes* get a connection to my network. However this is only occasionaly. I get a great connection on my neighbours Airport though !
Any ideas? I've looked into firmware for my router. It says that I'm running Firmware version: 2.61 build 2. Strange that the D-Link website shows the lastes as being Firmware 2.57b3 2/7/2002. :?:

philg said:
Good post - there's hope for the rest of us who are having problems with the Sandisk Wi-Fi card and D-Link routers/access pts.
I'm attempting to use the Sandisk SDWSDB-000 Wi-Fi card in my XDA2 at home. At home I've got a D-Link DI-704P router with a DWL-900AP+
I can *sometimes* get a connection to my network. However this is only occasionaly. I get a great connection on my neighbours Airport though !
Any ideas? I've looked into firmware for my router. It says that I'm running Firmware version: 2.61 build 2. Strange that the D-Link website shows the lastes as being Firmware 2.57b3 2/7/2002. :?:
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I suspect the SanDisk WiFi SD Card may have problems with any manufacturers 802.11g router, not just D-Link. An innovative home techie user happen to "stumble" on the combination that made his SanDisk WiFi card work with the D-Link g router. Kudos to him.
I'm not familar with your D-Link products. My only suggestion would be to ensure you have the latest firmware for your hardware revision. i.e. the DI-704P has 3 hardware revisions: A, B & C. Drivers are unique to a hardware version. Ensure you have the right firmware.
Then look at the options in the firmware setup and experiment with turning things off to see if your SanDisk wifi connection improves. Can you disable any g performance aspects?
I looked at the D-Link website, the DI-704P router is not even wireless???
"The D-Link DI-704P is an Ethernet Broadband Gateway with a built-in four-port switch plus a print server function. The DI-704P provides the ability to share a single Ethernet Cable or DSL broadband connection and share a single printer among computers connected to the local network. The DI-704P is equipped with four 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet ports and a bi-directional LPT port to support a direct printer connection. The DI-704P´s integrated Router and Firewall provide NAT, DHCP, and packet filtering services between the local network and the Internet. The DI-704P is targeted at small business and home users who want to connect multiple computers and share a single printer."
Dude, there's no 802.11 anything on this router. Maybe that's why you can't connect your SanDisk card?
Good luck on this one.

cshields1 - you're right about the DI-704P router. It's not wireless. It just enables me to share a broadband cable connection. I plug the router into the DWL-900AP+ which is a wireless access point (801b-only).
I followed your suggestions about the firmware for both these items. They were certainly out of date as I'd never updated them since I purchased them well over a year ago. Now I've got the latest firmware for my items (which are both hardware type 'B').
Still no joy with the Sandisk card ! However the internet on my laptop is faster than ever. I've passed it on to Sandisk technical support - along with the link for this thread - so we'll see how it goes. I'll let you know. Cheers dude - philg :wink:

Sandisk SD WIFI card & IE not working?

Hi all,
Could someone please tell me why I can connet to my wireless network at home, but I can't view any web pages or download any emails on my XDA II!!
Any help would be greatly recieved!!
Cheers Guys

Works fine for me mate..
Things to check.
1) XDAII Has an ip address assigned to it within the correct subnet for your home wifi.
2) XDAII Has the correct default gateway configured which will either be your wireless access router, or another type of router you have that provides internet access.
3) That your XDAII can see the network available to it through the start, setting, connections, connections, advanced, network card bit. Make sure that you actually tell it to connect to your network too. If you can't see it and you are sure the wifi card is installed ok, make sure that you have enabled SSID broadcast on your WAP.
Let us know how you get on.
Rgds,
Rob.

rob,
what do you mean, "make sure you have sidd enabled on you wap" ??
i have beeb trying to get this to work for days..
lmk m8
Zetex

He means..
He means that your Wireless accesspoint should have broadcast SSID enabled. If you have not intentionaly disabled it, it is most likely that it is enabled and thus not the issue. Is your wireless WEP encrypted? If it is, did the Pocketpc ask you specifically for the WEP encryption key when it found your network?
- Johan

Bizmarty said:
Hi all,
Could someone please tell me why I can connet to my wireless network at home, but I can't view any web pages or download any emails on my XDA II!!
Any help would be greatly recieved!!
Cheers Guys
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I am using a XDA II. Having received a faulty 'backpack', now replaced, I am still trying to get it to connect through a Sandisk CF Wi-Fi card to a D-Link 900+ AP hanging off an Intel router and my Linux server. In desperation I connected the CF card through a PCMICA adaptor into my notebook. After tweaking the 900+ AP (using v. 2.61 firmware), I found that it liked 64kb WEP, SSID on, Channel 11, Infrastructure (not Ad Hoc), and left on fully automatic so D-Link 650 Wi-Fi card in my notebook runs at 22 Mbps, and the Sandisk card at 11 Mbps.
But does it run in the XDA II you ask? Nope! I think that Sandisk's software leaves a lot to be desired. I am using vxIPConfig and vxUtil tools to see what is what ... but to no effect. I would gladly flick the Sandisk card now I know their software is lacking.
Any clues from other users?

Driving me nuts
Sorry not to actually come up with answers, but I thought you might gather some comfort from the fact that my XDA II/Sandisk combo is driving me nuts too. You are not alone....!
First thing I did was remove the pre-installed Socket wifi s/w and install the Sandisk stuff, but although my XDA can happily see my network, it will not log on no matter what I seem to do.
Am going to review some of the other helpful posts here and try the tips and will report back......!
SMW1

Re: Driving me nuts
SMW1 said:
... but although my XDA can happily see my network, it will not log on no matter what I seem to do.
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The CD-ROM that came with mine seems to have been designed for WinCE, and not Mobile Windows 2003 for the PPC. As a result I cannot get rid of the Sandisk 128M+WiFi CompactFlash Card settings from the 'Configure Network Adaptors' area. I have to go in via my PC and ActiveSync (3.7) and rename the two offending .dll files before the CD-ROM software removes the drivers. I manually delete the renamed .dll.old files from the XDA II.
Sandisk seem pretty useless. I let them know of these problems and the link they gave me was to the straight wireless LAN card ... That didn't work, so go figure!
I am told the Sockets drivers out of the UK are better (for basically the same card), however, their FTP site does not work .. some say it hasn't worked since April 2004. More useless information, except that their docs. leave Sandisk for dead!
I keep wondering what the so-called 'Zero Configuration' tools that are supposed to be part of Mobile Windows 2003 actually do? I just can't see why the Sandisk card works with my D-Link DWL-900AP+ (802.11b/g) and with my ancient Airport access points on my notebook, but not on the XDA II on the rare occasions that I get the blinking green light (very rare and I don't know why???). <sigh!>

SD Wifi Card Issue - Help please!!

Hi Guys,
I know that this has come up time and time again, but I've searched the existing threads and I can't see anything to help me, so I'm posting this one.
I've just got a SD wifi card, and am trying to attach it to my
d-link router. I've loaded the latest driver from SD, but it's not picking up any signal at all from the router. It's sitting about 6 inches away, so it should be pick something.
Any ideas? Configs etc??
Cheers - James

So....I downloaded the PocketWinc and I can now see the signal strength of the router, and when I try to connect, it tells me that the server has not allocated an IP address.
Any ideas on how I resolve this?? I'm not a techie, so any help would be very appreciated.

Do you have encryption on the router? The Sandisk card can't handle WPA encryption. If you have WEP, you need to enter the key of course. I'd recommend turning off encryption to start with, make the connection, then proceed to securing it.

No, no encryption!
It's a d-link router, and I know that a few people have been having problems with them and the SD, but a guy entered a post indicating that he has my particular model and it works no problem.
It must be a config issue, but I can't work out what it is.

Good news & bad news....
Good - It appears to be connected to the router
Bad - I can get access to e-mail or internet due to settings on the XDA
Any ideas?
Cheers!

It would help if we knew what model dlink router you have...

it's a DSL-604+

Issues connecting to 802.11n

Been using wifi at work, understand that recently they changed the config on the router to only broadcast N. Ever since my NC will scan, connect, then immediately disconnect. I am running CM7 on nightly #177. Been doing it with several previous nightlies. I have a Netgear WNR3500 at home that I have setup to broadcast both G and N, the NC always connects G at 54mbps. Is there some setting I can check or file I can modify that will let me modify wifi settings on the NC? Any help with the N connection would be great. Thanks.
Edit: Ok, I lowered my overclock from 1.1ghz to 800 and it connected without a problem. Seems the overclock is having issues. Have to play around with it a little and try and figure things out somemore. Please disregard.

I'm having the same problem. My school recently switched to an n network and now I can only get connected occasionally and the connection drops within a minute or two, even if I'm in the middle of uploading a file.

Long story short, I can only use the internet if I set my router to 802.11g only.
I have a new Nook Color that I couldn't get to register. I tried updating the firmware to 1.4.2, which didn't help. I ended up being able to register by setting my D-Link Dir-615 router to G-only. After registering, I installed [CM7.2-RC1] MiRaGe (04/16/2012), but still can only connect when the router is set to G-only. G&N and N-only won't work. I've tried everything I can think of, including resetting the router to factory defaults and turning off wifi security. I've never touched airplane mode nor the overclock settings on the NC. I've tried forgetting all wifi connections, turn off wifi, etc. many times. I have a media player (N) and laptop (G) that both work perfectly. Setting the router to G-only cripples the speed of file transfers to my media player, so I'd really like to find a better solution. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be very appreciative.
EDIT: To clarify, when the router is set to something other than G-only, the NC can still connect and gets full green bars, but no internet app will work. If I then set the router to G-only the wifi indicator on the NC will disappear for a second, then reappear and the internet works perfectly without me touching the NC. I don't have to turn off wifi or anything, just tap refresh on the browser.

check your router against a different device.

DigitalMD said:
check your router against a different device.
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My media player (802.11n) and my laptop (802.11g) both work no matter what mode the wireless is set to. My Nook Color would connect fine, full green bars on the display, but no internet. Setting the router to 802.11g-only mode would make the Nook Color work, but slow down my media player.
Solution: I put dd-wrt firmware on my router and the Nook Color works perfectly while the router is in G&N mode, and the file transfer speed to the media player is back up to where it was.
Afterthought: I really thought it was the Nook Color that had the issue. This problem (NC only working when the router is set to G-only) isn't uncommon on the Barnes & Noble support forum and the media player worked great at N speeds. I went through my router's settings multiple times, testing after each minor change. I don't know why the dd-wrt firmware made it work, I'm just glad it did.

The problem with 802.11n has been present from almost day 1. See
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959823&highlight=wifi
The sure fix as others have noted is to not use 802.11n. Good to know that dd-wrt fixes the problem - assuming you have a router that supports dd-wrt.

[Q] NSTouch v1.1.2 (Rooted) Wifi-N issues (and partial solution)

I've been reading through the forums trying to find a solution to my WiFi-N issues.
Here is what I've done and what is happening
1. Got a Nook Simple Touch (stock unrooted) and updated from 1.0 to 1.1.2 via the directions found at Barnes and Noble
2. Rooted using TouchNooter 2.1.31
3. The screen never turned black/off. The instructions remained on the whole time. So I left it over night to be sure it would work. Took out TouchNooter SD card and rebooted, and the NST was rooted and worked.
4. WiFi connection issues start.
I can connect to my home WiFi, but do not get any internet access.
NST says connected but No internet, router shows the NST as a connected device.
My router is a NetGear WNR2000v1 with the latest North American firmware (1.2.3.7).
I've got the security set to WPA2 PSK (but since I can connect I guess it is a moot point).
Attempted but failed solutions
1. Reboot NST (multiple times)
2. Forget my wifi network and then enter credentials again
3. Reboot router and cable modem (and repeat 1 and 2)
4. Change my wifi SSID to something more simple (and repeat 1 and 2)
5. Use an open network temporarily (and repeat 1 and 2)
6. Used MAC address filtering on the router to force a specific LAN IP address instead of leaving it up to DHCP
7. Ensured the NST (and my laptop) was only device on the network
Non-NST Based Solution (hopefully temporary)
My router was set to the 300Mbs setting, but that was not working, so I tried the 145Mbs setting without any luck, then switched it to 54Mbs setting and it works!
Per the manual for the router:
– Up To 54 Mbps. Legacy mode, for compatibility with the slower 802.11b and 802.11g
wireless devices.
– Up To 145 Mbps. Neighbor Friendly mode, for reduced interference with neighboring
wireless networks. Provides two transmission streams with different data on the same
channel at the same time, but also allows 802.11b and 802.11g wireless devices. This is
the default mode.
– Up To 300 Mbps. Performance mode, using channel expansion to achieve the 300 Mbps
data rate. The WNR2000 router will use the channel you selected as the primary channel
and expand to the secondary channel (primary channel +4 or –4) to achieve a 40 MHz
frame-by-frame bandwidth. The WNR2000 router will detect channel usage and will
disable frame-by-frame expansion if the expansion would result in interference with the
data transmission of other access points or clients.
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I would assume the 145Mbs option should work with the NST since the NST is a 802.11b/g/n device.
I will probably try this solution when I get home [N2E][1.1][solved] wifi/dhcp lease issues
I did not try the WiFi Static app yet, because I have not gotten the market to work yet (i'm working under the assumption that it is the wait-a-day-or-so-for-the-market-to-work issue).
Do you have any other possible solutions or advice?
I'd really prefer to be able to use the 802.11n speeds on my router so that other devices play and stream nicely (Apple TV & PS3)

weird compatibility issues with specific router/firmware combos are, unfortunately, relatively common in nook devices and by no means unheard of for android devices as a group.
you may find that only the b/g mode works with your router - but once your device is connected to your router when it's running at 145, its worth looking to see if you can ping the mac address of the NST from your router, if your router supports a diagnostic ping that will take a MAC as an input.
Some folks over on the BN forums found that once they could ping the MAC, the connectivity issue was resolved. (I don't know how long-lasting the fix was.)
My guess is that some android devices are doing something odd in reply to ARP requests.
Another option would be to pick up the cheapest b/g or b-only access point you can find and just use that for the NST, leave the real access point set up for the things that can really use it. Fry's sells workable low-end access points from Trendnet for 25 bucks or so, or used to.
Here it is:
http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Wireless-Broadband-Router-TEW-432BRP/dp/B000BI1XNE/ref=pd_sim_e_1
I used this for a year or so at one point; for me it worked fine. Many people do hate it (20% of the reviews are one-star.)
For a little more,
http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-54Mb...430APB/dp/B000799LPE/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
you get two antennas and only 10% 1-star reviews

Out of curiosity, before you got it rooted – were you able to connecet @ 300 Mbps. Performance mode?
You need internet connection to register nook, unless you bypass registeration…

I honestly am not sure if it was the performance mode, but it did connect automatically and my router was set to performance mode. I'm working under the assumption it did connect with the 1.0.1 software that came with it... I registered and updated the software then rooted, but didn't pay attention to whether the 1.0.1 vs 1.1.2 connected before rooting.
The second router is a pretty good idea, I probably have one sitting around somewhere too.

_Boondock_ said:
The second router is a pretty good idea, I probably have one sitting around somewhere too.
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Pocket/travel size router coming up regularly on slickdeals.net for $10-20 shipped. Some even support DD-WRT.

I got a "refurbished" D-Link DIR-615 (that takes DD-WRT) for $20 locally.
"Refurbished" in this case means that somebody bought it once, it was too complicated for them,
they threw it back in the box and D-Link repackaged it in a plain box.
The Nook has a spare connector inside for a second antenna.
It's one of those teeny-tiny connectors.

Renate NST said:
The Nook has a spare connector inside for a second antenna.
It's one of those teeny-tiny connectors.
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Interesting!
Did you take a picture?
Have you connected it already? :good: