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WiFi and GPRS

For some reason I can connect to the internet very easily through GPRS (even when roaming), but at home with my own wirelss LAN, I can connect with no problem, but each time I try to access anything on the internet, I get a pop-up stating "Could not locate remote server". I don't have a router, I am using a desktop as the gateway, I am currently accessing the net with my laptop through the same means. All configurations for the LAN appear to be correct, but I must be missing something on the JAMin. In the WiFi settings, I see the LAN, almost full signal - Ad hoc Mode - status is connected - I'm assigned an IP ... seems like everything is in order.
Will one of you wizards point out what I've missed? I know it's probably simple, usually is.

If I'm having trouble connecting a device to a network that has previously been working ok, the first that I do is turn off all network security i.e WEP, MAC address filtering etc. Then reboot the wireless access point/router and your device. If you still can't connect, you can start to blame your device.

Don't think it's a network prob...
Thanks Matterhorn, but my laptop is still connected fine, no problems there... I get the feeling that the PPC's only recognising the GPRS as a valid network for internet access... it works okay when I login to a commercial WiFi network (when I'm in the States) but for some reason on my own network here at home, it logs in, just can't find a server for some reason. The first thing I thought of was the firewall, turned it off and still no luck.
Any other ideas? I thought maybe there was a setting for default AP or connection, but can't find it, nor can I find an appropriate reference in the manual. Ugh!

Resolved!
It would seem my JAMin was trying to access the internet not through the gateway, but through my laptop. As I don't have the laptop setup to share an internet connection, it would allow my JAMin to connect, but that was all. I went in the room where my desktop is, registered on the network there and bingo!
Too simple, should have tried that right away but it didn't occur to me at the time. Thanks for the help anyway Matterhorn!

Cannot connect to the Internet

My wizard has found my home router and has a strong signal but when i come to use msn messenger or ie it will not connect.
Any ideas?

'When connecting to a WiFi hotspot from a Windows Mobile device, you first turn on your wifi then the tower like arrow appears in the Start bar. Near the tower two oppositely pointed arrows keeps moving when connecting. These arrows should stay stationary meaning the network is successfuly connected. If you try using msn when the arrows are still moving, you'll end up seeing the device has no connection!
Regards,
Carty..

looking at the wifi it is active. i've checked the settings and it has a valid ip address but still will not connect.
but the gprs for t-mobile will let me connect but it costs £££.

Is your wireless router security encrypted??
Mine is.
If I connect to wifi on my device at home, it will ask for my encryption passkey. Then I tell it to save. From that point I can connect at home no problem. Now if I re-flash my rom and forget to enter my passkey, my Wizard will recognize my wireless router, but will not connect until I remember to re-enter my encryption passkey for my router onto my Wizard.
This may or may not be your problem, but I hope it helps.
PS- I created a simple text document with my passkey on it and saved it onto my SD, so now all I have to do is copy and paste the passkey. Makes life much easier.

(Posted by soopahfly)
I set the network up and the only security on the network is MAC control.
It will not issue an IP address without a valid, recognised MAC.
My Trinity will access the wireless fine here but the Wizard won't.
Its issued with an IP, Gateway and DNS servers but won't access the net.
Same deal at another house where the network is WEP encrypted and the passkey is known.

I have the same problem. My Blue Angel works fine with WiFi on WEP, but my Wizard does not. If I disable all encryption, it works just fine. But I don't want to get rid of the encryption. Any ideas?

New Touch Diamond 2 Wifi Wont Connect

Hi Guys & Gals,
I have a brand new HTC Touch Diamond 2, on O2 network - this is an untouched device, all i have done is booted it up and sync'd it with my PC,
I have tried to connect the device to to wireless networks now with no luck.
1. My home connection - security enabled WPA-PSK password protected, The phone can see the network, i type in my network key - i also checked the password on my router setup. The little spinning circle comes up and try's to connect with no luck. It will then keep trying for as long as the wireless is on
2. Home connection again with no encription - again the same thing
3. Work connection WEP secured, type in the key, same thing again.
Has anyone encountered these sorts of problems before in the past - if so how do i fix it so i can connect wirelessly.
Cheers Guys
JdeRonde

Doubt if this is an issue with the phone more likely to be a setup of the wireless.
What router do you use?
Do you have MAC Filtering enabled?
Do you use your router as a DHCP server?
Are there any error messages displayed on the phone?
When it doesnt connect and you tap the notification area (top bar to the right of START) do you have any messages there?

jderonde said:
Hi Guys & Gals,
I have a brand new HTC Touch Diamond 2, on O2 network - this is an untouched device, all i have done is booted it up and sync'd it with my PC,
I have tried to connect the device to to wireless networks now with no luck.
1. My home connection - security enabled WPA-PSK password protected, The phone can see the network, i type in my network key - i also checked the password on my router setup. The little spinning circle comes up and try's to connect with no luck. It will then keep trying for as long as the wireless is on
2. Home connection again with no encription - again the same thing
3. Work connection WEP secured, type in the key, same thing again.
Has anyone encountered these sorts of problems before in the past - if so how do i fix it so i can connect wirelessly.
Cheers Guys
JdeRonde
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I too had problems with WIFI. My home work network was visible but it would immediately drop or not be able to connect. A few days later it started working flawlessly and I have no idea what changed.
I am sure you have tried a soft reset but just in case...
Tony

I have a NetGear DG(Some Number) v4 ADSL wireless router, which i have set up and works for all of my other devices (ie. Laptops, PS3). With a simple encription key.
I get no messages etc, all it sais is that its 'not connected' and there are no new notificatons
It then persists in trying to connect again and again, when it cant connect for a while, it then comes up with 'new network connections found' in the notificatins area.
I have switched the power mode to best performance with no luck.
I have tried on 2 different networks now. including with all encription off. WEP and WPA-PSK - This is driving me nutz cuz i love the phone, i just want to use it to browse the web without paying out the nose for it.
DHCP server is dynamic from my ISP.
I have contacted HTC now about the issue, but im going to feel so stupid if it turns out to be somthing simple like a setting on the phone somewhere.
But thanks for the reply

Have you checked you arn't using MAC filtering?
Log-in to your router and check under Wireless settings > Wireless Station Access List.
While you are on your wireless setting page check what Encryption your using for WPA-PSK? TKIP? (The wrong encryption chosen will cause you not to be able to connect)
Ok maybe telling you how to suck eggs but on your phone:
Settings > Communication > Wifi
Select Advanced at the bottom right.
Select Change Network
Click Add new...
Type in the name of your network (The SSID also found under wireless settings, Case sensitive)
Select Connects to: The Internet
Leave the other two boxes unticked.
Click next.
Select the correct Authentication - WPA-PSK is different to WPA2-PSK. You will probably be using WPA-PSK.
Select the correct Encryption (Propably TKIP)
And type in your Network Key
Click Next and Finish.
How does this fair and what are the results of checking info on wireless setting page?

Im at work at the moment trying to connect to the WEP connection,
This connection most deffinatly does not have mac filtering on it, just asked the network tech.
Okies.....
Changed the network key to.... Shared key and it works
so i am guessing that it must be somthing to do with my setup at home..
Cheers guys

Cool.
Just match up the Authentication / Encryption / SSID and Network Key from the router to your phone setup and you should be fine.

HTC TD2 Wifi issues
Hi
There's some discussion around the web about this problem of encrypted wifi connectivity: a few things to note
1] the TD2 is _very_ sensitive to the power settings applied to the wifi chipset.
The default power saving settings are only likely to work if all other on-board devices - bluetooth, HSDPA, GPS [and maybe even the screen] are either off or in low power mode: the general recommendation seems to be that one adjusts the wifi device power to be "best performance" if one wants to guarantee connections.
2] several people have reported that both the wifi device [card] and the settings for the particular wifi lan [SSID] to which you are attempting to connect should both be configured for "Work" rather than "The Internet".
3] these secured/encrypted connection failures are not about the WiFi access point or router: I've personally tested with several different makes and models of Router and Access Point [3com, Cisco, Enterasys, Netgear, DLink, Belkin etc] - both on my own and on client networks where I have complete control of security, and have also methodically tested every single combination of TD2 setting for WEP and all variants of WPA. In each case my TD2 has failed to make a valid encrypted connection.
The same device will happily connect to "open" unencrypted access points and routers.
Other models of HTC device, such as the Tytyn II and Touch Pro work fine on the same access points and routers: so we can be pretty sure that this is specifically a TD2 issue.
Conversations with HTC's European Tech Support on this issue have not been helpful to date, but they HAVE pushed the issue further up the line, so there's a chance that we'll see a resolution.
Robert

Disabling Auto configuration when Inserting Sim Card

My palm treo pro wifi wireless stops working after I insert the sim card and it does the auto configuration for my 3g network.
It will connect to the wifi access point but I can't browse or do anything on the connection.
Deleting the new configuration does not work either.
Is there a way to disable the treo customization after inserting a sim card.
Ive manage to stop it once by pulling out the battery when it started and configuring my 3g network manually everything worked fine wireless etc, But after a soft reset it does the auto figuration again and the wifi stops working.

I ended up fixing the problem.
I noticed there was a new Program in Start -> Programs called "Internet Proxy" after Auto Configuration.
It open with a Tick "Enable Pocket Internet Explorer Proxy" but it wouldnt let me untick it so I deleted the proxy address and Port Number and the wireless worked fine and so did the 3G internet.

HP iPAQ H5455 WLAN Connection

Hello,
I recently got a HP iPAQ H5455 with Windows Mobile 2003 at a garage sale. After some headaches and a bit of time wasted to get the battery charged, I was able to get the device to boot up and reset to remove the PIN that was installed by the previous owner.
Anyway, I'm having some problems being able to connect to WiFi. It wasn't obvious at first enabling WiFi, but after some research, I found an "IPAQ Wireless" on the device which is used to enable and disable Bluetooth and WLAN. After enabling WLAN (WiFi) for the first time, a notification appears to connect to a wireless network, so I choose my network and entered my WEP key. All normal procedure for connecting to a WiFi network. However, I noticed that I was not connected.
I then went to Start > Settings > Connections > Connections > Advanced > Network Card > Wireless and there I found a list of WiFi networks in range. I tried to connect to my network again by clearing all the data in the Authentication tab and re-entering it, including the WEP key. I tapped OK, but still no connection.
I thought that it may have been having trouble with the WEP key, so I set up an unencrypted network on another wireless router and tried to connect, but the same thing happens. Absolutely nothing.
Throughout the entire time I have WiFi on, the WLAN indicator LED on the device is flashing amber, which means no wireless link, according to the manual; a green flashing LED would indicate a wireless link.
Does anyone know what may be the problem here? I realize that I'm taking a shot in the dark here due to the age of not only the device, but the OS as well, but it's worth a shot, I think.
Thanks!

I'm using WM5 but sounds the same. Look in Ipaq Wireless> Advanced>IP Info> Config
and make sure you're using "sever assigned IP address"
Sometimes I'll have to renew the IP address multiple times to get it to stick, even though been usiging this connection over a year. I do it in the Ipaq Wireless> Advanced> Status page.
Sometimes a soft reset is needed to get things working correctly. For some reason on my device going between BT, Wifi and the SD will get the next one out of whack and the soft reset is the only cure.

The iPAQ Wireless app in WM2003 only has options for enabling and disabling Bluetooth and WLAN, and nothing else. I believe there may be settings for IP configuration in Start > Settings > Connections > Connections > Advanced > Network Card > Network Adapters. I see one of the adapters listed as "iPAQ USB Wireless Adapter." Is that the correct adapter? None of the others listed seem to make any sense when dealing with WiFi.
Edit: I checked in the iPAQ USB Wireless Adapter settings, and "Use server-assigned IP address" was already selected. I don't see anything about renewing the IP Address.

OK I'll try again first 2 replies got flushed by the system. My wireless card's name is similar to yours'. If you can see devices to connect to this part(radio) is already working.
I can renew the IP address on the page that has the signal strength meter (the status page for me). The IP and MAC addresses can also be seen at the bottom of the Ipaq Wireless>WLAN page. The wireless layout in WM5 hasn't been intuitive for me and still have to search quite a bit to find things.
Now you need to get your setting so you can get an IP address.
They don't seem to allow me to post a link
frommypocket(dot)pocketprimer(dot)com/2007/07/18/pocket-pc-networking.aspx
HP has forum on their website. Proffesser Julia that does the above page is a top poster there.

The problem I'm having is that the device can't even seem to properly connect to any WiFi access point. The Networking GUI says it is connected to my access point, but the hardware indicator LED is flashing amber, which seems to indicate no connection. The inability to connect to anything, even locally, seems to confirm this.
Furthermore, the iPAQ wireless app on my device (running Windows Mobile 2003) has no options for anything other than turning on or off the WLAN and Bluetooth.
The instructions in the page linked to above don't seem to match my device. That looks like it may be for Windows Mobile 2003 SE, and not the original version of WM2003.

Seems there may be enough difference I can't help you but if that's all you have don't see how you'll be able to connect to encrypted WiFi. Not familiar at all with 2003. Suspect small diffences exist just from one model to the next depending on where HP/Compaq left it. It has to have some level of functionality to be usefull.
I notice she says if the connect icon turns green you may need to run IE to finish connecting. No mention of the flashing light. My device has a blue light that flashes whenever a radio is on and gives no indication of connection.
These pages are more specific to your problem than my previous post.Hope it helps.
frommypocket(dot)pocketprimer(dot)com/2007/07/12/connect-your-pocket-pc-to-a-wifi-access-point.aspx
frommypocket(dot)pocketprimer(dot)com/2007/07/07/how-do-i-connect-my-pocket-pc-to-the-internet.aspx
Just my $.02 but I think if M$ had made this kind of thing simple and Activesync bullet proof the PPC would have sold like the iPhone.

Thanks for your time in trying to solve the problem, JJJustMee.
It's just so strange that the OS can find WiFi networks and appear to be connect to them, but the hardware itself says it's not connected, and I cannot make any connection to my network or webpages.
Anyone else have any ideas?
Thanks.