when using the wi fi on the exec i want to be able to jump on one of the access points at uni, so i select one and of it goes but never connects. how would i get it to forget about that one and try one of the other ones ? because everytime i go to uni it keeps trying to get on that same access point without giving me the option to choose one of the others. any advice would be helpfull. cheers
It should auto connect to any which are available. It might remember the old ones info but as long as thats not about it wont connect to it (although it might say its trying to).
Are all the access points at uni open and unencrypted? Do you have a log in screen once you'r on the LAN, or you not getting that far?
Seems there are lots of Wi-fi problems this weather....
JAmes
spidersid
dont know your location but I tried my exec at birmingham UNI, and had the same issue, it kept trying to connect and then i tried it with my other halfs xda mini s, as soon as i hit connect it asked me for a valid certificate- had a word with somebody who had it working on his laptop he told me i need to speak to IT as they need to get it enabled wasnt to sure what the IT guy did on his laptop but im assuming installd some kind of certification-
My exec on the other hand was buggerd came home and it wouldnt connect to my home wifi, even when i went into wifi manager- settings- and delted the uni wifi nework after a soft rest it wasstill there so had to fomat the whole thing.
My other half was told she just needs her normal login username and password, i assumed that it should let you connect and when you open a web page it defaults back to your UNI page so you can log in, but never got that far.
good luck.
-- dont think they will leave the uni wifi network unprotected-
spidersid
dont know your location but I tried my exec at birmingham UNI, and had the same issue, it kept trying to connect and then i tried it with my other halfs xda mini s, as soon as i hit connect it asked me for a valid certificate- had a word with somebody who had it working on his laptop he told me i need to speak to IT as they need to get it enabled wasnt to sure what the IT guy did on his laptop but im assuming installd some kind of certification-
My exec on the other hand was buggerd came home and it wouldnt connect to my home wifi, even when i went into wifi manager- settings- and delted the uni wifi nework after a soft rest it wasstill there so had to fomat the whole thing.
My other half was told she just needs her normal login username and password, i assumed that it should let you connect and when you open a web page it defaults back to your UNI page so you can log in, but never got that far.
good luck.
-- dont think they will leave the uni wifi network unprotected-
got it going
hi thanks for the info
i got it working. all i did was click the orange icon at the very bottom ;eft corner of the screen it opens up a list of available networks. getting on the university network was surprising, i didnt have to do anything but when i lauch the explorer it comes up with a username and login which is the one i use to get onto a computer at uni and im off.
hope this helps get you online at uni
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Hi I am new to this part of ppc life. I have an xda exec and wififofum enabled.
I can find access points that show internet connection but when I start IE to surf the web my grps connects and I connect that way instead of via wifi..
am I missing something.
sorry sorry sorry for the noob question, just never used this before and am sure I am not taking advantage in anyway of my devices capability.
Please help.. oh and i need it from the start..
cheers
Magpie2000k
before we start diagnosing have you changed any settings or hard reset the device in anyway?
Bryson
Bryson I have in the past but
It is installed on 02 mms gprs etc all work.
The device is standard in all ways i believe
your help is appreciated
Ok, lets try this lot first:
goto the wireless manager screen, and select the wifi tab, this should fire up wifi.....then hit settings bottom right hand side of wirless manager screen.
Hit wireless LAN settings and it should bring up the Wireless LAN Status screen.
At the bottom left hand corner of screen there should a small image of a PDA, hit that, and it will take you to the Configure wireless Networks screen, and in there, if a Newtork (hotpsot as you say) is detected, you should be able to hold your Styli on the detected network and click Connect.
Make sure on this screen also that it is set to ALL AVAILABLE networks to access. You should now be online if you are in a hotspot and have paid to connect up etc.
If that fails, look to the right of the Wirelss tab at bottom, there should be a Newtork Adapters tab, Hit that.
See what you have 'My network connects me to:' drop down box and select internet, NOT work.
Give this a go and let me know if succesful, I hope so!
Bryson
ok cheers
I can see the available connections but it cant connect so I guess that is because these are not hotspots but individuals wireless networks..
SHame I cant just hook up to them LOL
Am I correct or do I have to do something else.
cheers again
Magpie
yeah, thats what I think it will be, if you get a chance bob into a hotpsot in a starbu$ks or simlilar and give it a whirl to see if that is the case, you should hook straight up to them and be taken to their 'pay me loads of money screen for 1hrs web access' when you fire up I.E !!
Good luck keep us posted!
Bryson
so how do we...
do this without pay loads of money.. I know people do it
is there no standard way or none standard as the case may be
I have never connected to the internet using wifi so after reading instructions above i drove down to the local McDonalds where i know you can get a connection and followed instructions, i got a signal but come unstuck when i was asked for a pass key. I assume i have to pay to get this wifi connection and pass key but how do i go about doing this? Please help a thicko, many thanks.
ArgyleMoss said:
I have never connected to the internet using wifi so after reading instructions above i drove down to the local McDonalds where i know you can get a connections...
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I think you are referring to BT Openzone - a public network of wifi hotspots at sites like McDonalds, Wetherspoons bars, etc
I used to use it with my old PDA so my knowledge is quite out of date, but when I used it, I had to sign up BT first, giving them a bank account details for billing. In return you get a username and password to get access to their network. I was then billed monthly - at a rate of 50p a minute, using the time I entered my username/password to the time I returned to btopenzone.com to logoff.
It was okay for the occasional quick dip online, but it was too pricey for extended use.
Like I say, my knowledge is very old, so do check btopenzone.com for their latest prices. But if its anything like it used to be, I'd stick with GPRS if I were you.
Hi I have reset my O2 XDA Mini S and run in basic mode (this maybe the problem but...)
I have my University WiFi settings and get as far as WPA/TKIP then PEAP can't do anything from this point on as it asks for a personal certificate.
Someone says they get a pop up asking for a login when tring to connect but I don't it just fails to connect.
Any ideas?
Have it connecting to my home WiFi no problem.
Seems not too many know about PEAP on WM5??
Anyway I hard reset XDA and soft reset to remove customisation and still no luck.
OK Some digging around http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42721&highlight=peap+certificate if you get the hack let me know
But it seems that my Uni should supply me with a certificate via Exchange (I think!) so wil go back and tell them. WM5 a bit new and I think they don't know what the requirements are.
I know the certificate server but obvioulsy it denies me access as I need to be on the Uni network to get in with my codes.
/ponder
Also found http://www.jacco2.dds.nl/networking/pfximprt.html suggests you need a client peice of software but other info contradicts this and I don't see why my Uni will not be able to supply me with a certifificate even if they just point me to a web page someplace.?
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This is kinda turning into a BLOG... Anyway... Was at Uni on Friday and was in a place that discovered a guest Uni unsecured WiFi spot which was different to the one IT have given me.
So got on that but it was unstable connection - then not a few seconds later I get prompted for login/password it but falied and said the certificate is not valid....?!?!
So my last hope is to wait to try active sync connection when IT come and install it to my PC which will connect me to the main network so will try and enroll on the phone to grab the certificate that way then try WiFi access.
OK people, I know this site is supposed to be really great, but I have some simple problems, and I can't find the answers by browsing and searching this site. Hell, I can't even identify which phone I'm using....
I bought an XDA Mini S, so what's that called? A kangaroo or something I guess. anyway - I'm about to see if it'll survive being launched high into the air, that's for sure.
I have a home network, a windows small business server running exchange 2003, an ADSL router/firewall and some PC's.
ALL (!?) I want this damn thing to do is surf the network, and the internet whilst at home using a wireless connection. Then whilst it's out and about - to VPN back to home so I can do the same.
However, the set up of this thing is a right nightmare to understand, "My ISP", "My network", "Work", I can't seem to make logical sense of how this thing operates in a networking environment, and I do understand networks pretty well, so this is VERY vexing, hence why this is flying out the window soon.
Anybody feel they can spare some explanations as to how this thing is structured? If I click on anymore settings I might just go mad gibber dribble.
Paulsco - welcome to the board!
Not to sound like a father, but seriously, go and have a game of Call of Duty or something. That's what I do when I'm stressed. It's not worth throwing the thing out of the window. And if you are in a mood to get rid of it, throw it in my direction. I need a Mini S for development!
Ok, what have you done so far?
Have you got it browsing the net through ActiveSync yet?
Ensure that you can sync, then go to ActiveSync, File Menu, Options, and choose "This computer is connected to " The internet.
Then, ensure that your PDA is set to reflect this as well, the internet.
Then hopefully the two should permit you to browse the net through your ActiveSync connection. Try Internet Explorer on the PDA.
If and when you're doing that, then you can progress to wifi and VPN etc.
For wifi, I've always found this useful:
http://wifi.aximsite.com/wifi_net.html
V
Paulsco said:
I bought an XDA Mini S, so what's that called?
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That's easy - it's the HTC Wizard.
HTC is the comapny that actually makes it and Wizard is HTC's name for it.
Thanks for the response!
That's for the advice - I think I have worn out all the games...
OK - so here is the sit. Make some tea and take a deep breath!
I've got my "wizard" to to most things, it'll sync with Exchange over wifi OR it will sync with a PC via bluetooth, but it won't do both. that's not a real issue though.
Also I can surf the internet via wifi, and I can do this via GPRS, but here is what I need to sort out:
I have two connections listed under settings>connections>connections
The first is the O2 GRPS My ISP connection, and the second is the "My work network" connection. I have defined a VPN to connect back to my firewall in this last connection, but I had to delete the O2 Active default connection in this connection because it kept dialing grps instead of using wifi.
In connections>advanced>network management I have both boxes set to "My work network". this prevents any GPRS calls, until I change the setting. Great, I'd rather not have to have done this, but it does seem to work...
Only thing is, when I am out I tried to connect back to the exchange box and I got from activesync "Your exchange account does not allow syncing, blah blah" which it obviously does because it works from the local network. I have opened all the activesync ports on the firewall.
I hoped to be able to connect the VPN, but this seemed to be impossible with my current config.
I need to be able to configure this so that I can browse my wifi network both locally and remotely. I have managed to get the VPN to connect, but I have no idea why this works sometimes and not others - when you click on connect, you get a beep...and nothing else, no error messages or anything.
So I want to get exchange mail whilst wifi'd: OK that worked this AM because I told everything to use "My work network" that has no GPRS connection defined, but when I wnet out I hthen changed the setting so that it dialed the O2 GPRS connection for Internet, then I got internet, but no VPN connection. then when I returned to the office, I had to soft boot because no matter what I dod, activesync gave me "cannot connect with current settings" - A soft boot cured that, but it's not a real great solution every time you return to the office.
Any help you can give me would be gratefully received! I'll happily bung cash to people for a solution!!!
thanks and regards,
Paul
so please forgive me if I'm asking this for the umpteenth time, but my searches have proven futile, I can't seem to find the answers I need...
I have a cingular 8125 and can't connect to my wireless network even though I'm 1 ft away, it says it's unavailable, even though I'm surfing the web on my computer using that same connection...
I'm running WM6...
does your device recornize your network?
try connecting using "work"
wolvarine said:
so please forgive me if I'm asking this for the umpteenth time, but my searches have proven futile, I can't seem to find the answers I need...
I have a cingular 8125 and can't connect to my wireless network even though I'm 1 ft away, it says it's unavailable, even though I'm surfing the web on my computer using that same connection...
I'm running WM6...
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sometimes you just have to click on the unavailabe thing, and then it starts connecting, if it doenst say connected then you probably have to reset your modem, its normally that when a new device wants to connect to a wireless modem it first has to be resetted, often there is a special button dedicated for this.
another solution is to check if you entered the wlan name or whatever it is called correct and the settings are well set. and maybe you need a key to enter the secure network, becuz wm doesnt say anything if the key is wrong
cheerz!
Go into wireless settings, see if your hub is being recognized. Also, if it is encrypted, make sure you entered the pass correctly. Mine sometimes does that, and it usually (for me) is that I entered the kajillion number pass wrong. Sometimes I have to reset my wifi, and reboot my phone, then it will read.
thanks for all the suggestions, I have tried to uncheck the IEEE 802.1x network access control, but all I get is a ping and it won't let me uncheck it, a friend with the same phone told me I have to get the checkmark out of this box, or my wifi won't work, could this be why I can't get connected...?
Hi guys. If you don't remember me - here's my story in a nutshell. I got a 8525 about a week ago. Since day one I tried and tried and tried but never managed to get the wifi working... (as you can imagine I am beyond desperate at this point)
Anyway last night I got thinking and decided to give it another stab. I hard reset, messed with the settings again...and this time manage to get a little further. My phone is now showing me as "connect to network", only problem is I get a message saying "Cannot connect with current connection settings. To change connection settings, tap Settings." each time I try to access anything internet related. I know I'm close especially since I'm actually connected now, I think it's just AT&T's rom doing everything it can to get me to use their networks (I'm on T-Mobile and don't have a dataplan anyway...).
Anyway can you guys think of what the problem might be? I'm so close I can taste it! Thanks.....
Bump... Anyone home?
where did you get your 8525? my wifi on my 8525 works perfectly fine, have u tried upgrading to WM6?
I have WM6 already. I got it off ebay. Everything is perfectly fine with it, it just doesn't want to use the wifi connection to get online.
Try a hard rest.
my 1st 8525 i got off ebay, and it worked great up until a few weeks ago, when the screen stopped functioning it just turned white, i called AT&T and they sent me a new 1 i just got it this morning and now, i cant make calls >.> it will ring then my phone will say i have no service when i have full service and the call will end. but my wifi is fine... did u use the WM6 upgrade that was released by AT&T
No thanks re: the hard reset. I've already done that... If I can't figure this out I'm going to sell my phone and steer clear of ppc phones. I like it, but I bought it for wifi and this is just getting ridiculous. I have tried everything. I've spent hours and hours on this. I've reset my router god knows how many times, played with security settings, reset my phone over and over to start over.....
The worst part now is that I know it's connected. The wifi aspect is fine. It's just the stupid phone not wanting to use the wifi connection for the internet.
Maybe someone with a 8525 and a Linksys router can post ALL of their wireless related settings for me.
Ekh
Yes I used the AT&T update.....
i use wifi and my linksys router, the 8525's range isnt that great u need to be within a few feet of the router to get good reception, im about 30 feet from mine and i get 2 Wifi signal bars and an ok speed. but try this
Start > Programs > Proxy Manager > Disable Proxy
then try to use your wifi, then go back and restore the proxy when your done, i think some 1 told me to do that because att uses that so u can use their internet service or sumthin
Thanks but I'm way ahead of you. I've already tried every piece of advice I've come across on xda. My last hope is someone elses detailed settings.
is your network passworded by a WEP or TKIP ?
It's WPA... My device has the password, and I added the MAC to my router table. It's connecting to the router/wifi...
...it's just that my device won't use the connection
* Sigh * Looks like another one of my please help me posts has gone dead...again...
olly666 said:
...it's just that my device won't use the connection
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Your problem may be one of the following:
1. The wifi connection is specified as connecting to "work" and programs are set to use an internet connection.
2. The wifi connection is specified as connecting to "internet" and programs are set to use a work connection.
Nope that's not it. But it does remind me of something so thanks. I deleted all the connections seeing as I don't have a dataplan... I made a new connection called "Wifi". BUT, it's not like I can specify any connection for it so it's just blank (no connection specified). By this I mean the options for a connection are:
bluetooth, cellular line, cellular line (GPRS, 3G), Generic IrDA, Hanes...COM1. No option for wireless...
Does that help?
Check that your router is set to allow connections by devices with 802.11b, which the Hermes uses. Most default to 802.11g only.
It's set for b and g
Helloooo...?
Hallelujah!!!!!
People, I have WIFI!!!
Thanks to everyone who tried to give a helping hand... It's really appreciated.
For future reference to those who are suffering from the same problem - this is what seemed to fix it... I entered google into IE via it's IP address rather than it's name (open command prompt, ping google.com...). To my surprise the page quickly loaded. I then instantly realized that the problem was with the DNS settings. I opened up "Wi-Fi" in settings, went to the "Network Adapters" tab at the bottom and entered in the DNS addresses for "IEEE 802.11b/g...". If you need help with this just PM me (I consider myself somewhat of an expert on this topic now).
I thought I was never going to get online. There IS a god!