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HTC HAWK
26th December 2005, 11:35 AM
Very satisfied with my new Wizard (MDA Vario) and everything seems to work fine (thx for all the performance improving tips!), and also WIFI works on almost every AP I encounter, but...........not at my own home AP (Belkin) when it is in hidden mode (SSID broadcast off). No MAC filtering used, only WEP key (128 bits).

It is not even trying to connect..........when a make a new entry and name the AP SSID correctly, it does not connect (even not on AP level). My laptop and other devices (even my old ipaq) do connect.

Tried also other WIFI clients:
- Wififofum crashes from the stary (does it work on WM5?)
- Odyssey does not work on WM5
- pocketwinc does not work either

Any thoughts? (I tried full power already, no help).

TIA

HW

Finraziel
26th December 2005, 03:30 PM
Perhaps you could try momentarily turning SSID broadcast on for your network, assuming you have admin access, and getting the network known to your MDA that way, then see if it'll still connect when you turn it off again.