windupmerchant
14th May 2005, 07:27 PM
Having read many questions on this subject and had many frustrations connecting the wi-fi on XDA2i myself, I thought I would just pass on what I have picked up....... :idea:
On first very first use, or following a hard re-set, [on/off + scriber reset -DON'T FORGET TO BACK-UP ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE!!!] users are prompted during the process to choose “What do you want WLAN to connect to?” The option bullets are ‘Internet’ or ‘Work’….’Work’ should be selected, this will (once boot-up is complete) connect them to the nearest WLAN. If your network is WEP encrypted it should be switched to ‘Open’ mode rather than ‘shared’ as is often the case.
Next prompt asks for any WEP Encryption ‘Pass Key’ to be input, when doing so omit any ‘-‘ between character pairs, just enter a complete string of numbers and letters. Normal start-up should then be completed. Once device is up and running…..
From ‘Start’ pull-down on the ‘Today Screen’ select…. ‘settings’>’connections tab’>’connections icon’>’advanced tab’>’Select Networks’> pull-down ‘My Work Network’ > ‘OK’ out of selections to save and exit, this prevents the device from attempting to connect via GPRS.
Go to ‘Wireless Manager’ in programs, select WLAN icon from main screen (which should turn green to show active), then select mini ‘WLAN’ icon from lower toolbar to see the status of the connection, quality of signal etc.
That did it for me......happy browsing!
On first very first use, or following a hard re-set, [on/off + scriber reset -DON'T FORGET TO BACK-UP ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE!!!] users are prompted during the process to choose “What do you want WLAN to connect to?” The option bullets are ‘Internet’ or ‘Work’….’Work’ should be selected, this will (once boot-up is complete) connect them to the nearest WLAN. If your network is WEP encrypted it should be switched to ‘Open’ mode rather than ‘shared’ as is often the case.
Next prompt asks for any WEP Encryption ‘Pass Key’ to be input, when doing so omit any ‘-‘ between character pairs, just enter a complete string of numbers and letters. Normal start-up should then be completed. Once device is up and running…..
From ‘Start’ pull-down on the ‘Today Screen’ select…. ‘settings’>’connections tab’>’connections icon’>’advanced tab’>’Select Networks’> pull-down ‘My Work Network’ > ‘OK’ out of selections to save and exit, this prevents the device from attempting to connect via GPRS.
Go to ‘Wireless Manager’ in programs, select WLAN icon from main screen (which should turn green to show active), then select mini ‘WLAN’ icon from lower toolbar to see the status of the connection, quality of signal etc.
That did it for me......happy browsing!