Having Problems Connecting with Wifi!

[harondaddy]

I have a MDA PRO
Rom Version: 1.12.42 wwe
Radio : 1.08.00
Protocol: 42.41.P8
Ext rom: 1.12.126 WWE

What I want to do: I am trying to connect to the internet using pocket internet explorer using my wifi network at home and not GPRS.

The problem: I go to 'Settings' >>"connections" tab >> 'Network Cards'>> "wirelss" tab

It displays my wifi connection and it says "available" so I {tap and hold} and select 'connect'. It then states that it is 'connecting' but it doesnt connect and reverts back to saying that my network is "available'.

What am I doing wrong? Do I have to set up something on my pc? Any additional settings on my Universal that i should initiate?

I tried searching the forum with no luck in finding someone with the same problem. Is there a thread with a guide that can help me out. Thanks for your time.

[hb328_dtdd]

soft reset the phone
then no need to go into settings
on today screen (main screen) touch the "G" at the top
it will ask you if you want to activate wifi
select
it should connect automatically

[madcapmagician]

I have exactly the same problem with my M5000.

Can anyone help?

[kevpuk]

Are your home wireless networks protected (eg WEP or WPA) ? If so - and I would hope so ;) - then are you using the applicable WEP/WPA settings and key when trying to connect ?

Worth also trying to set the IP address manually on the PDA, see if this helps ?

For me, the first thing to do when experiencing wireless probs is to temporarily disable any encryption and see if it works then.....and then re-enable, carefully inputting key etc.

[kevpuk]

Are your home wireless networks protected (eg WEP or WPA) ? If so - and I would hope so ;) - then are you using the applicable WEP/WPA settings and key when trying to connect ?

Worth also trying to set the IP address manually on the PDA, see if this helps ?

For me, the first thing to do when experiencing wireless probs is to temporarily disable any encryption and see if it works then.....and then re-enable, carefully inputting key etc.

[kevpuk]

Are your home wireless networks protected (eg WEP or WPA) ? If so - and I would hope so ;) - then are you using the applicable WEP/WPA settings and key when trying to connect ?

Worth also trying to set the IP address manually on the PDA, see if this helps ?

For me, the first thing to do when experiencing wireless probs is to temporarily disable any encryption and see if it works then.....and then re-enable, carefully inputting key etc.

[kevpuk]

Are your home wireless networks protected (eg WEP or WPA) ? If so - and I would hope so ;) - then are you using the applicable WEP/WPA settings and key when trying to connect ?

Worth also trying to set the IP address manually on the PDA, see if this helps ?

For me, the first thing to do when experiencing wireless probs is to temporarily disable any encryption and see if it works then.....and then re-enable, carefully inputting key etc.

[kevpuk]

What happened there ! :roll:

[madcapmagician]

On the Blue Angel, it was simple - you just set up a new connection, enter the PSK, connect and off you go!

On the Universal, however, I'm having no joy. I've set up the WEP and PSK stuff and the PDA can connect to the network, but when I try and open IE it opens up GPRS. Also, PC Anywhere only works via USB - again, it won't connect via WiFi. I'm sure it's just a case of adjusting some settings but I don't know which ones!

[TigerTim36]

Hi I'm experiencing exactly the same problems trying to connect.
I have a Wanadoo Livebox and my xda exec.
I've tried with my connection both unsecured and with 128bit wep encryption using the correct wep key....I still get connecting, followed by available, repeated continuously?

I have the xda set to connect to "the internet" and the authentication to "open". Key index is 1.

Can anyone help?

Thanks
Tim

[TigerTim36]

Hi, Just a bit more info...

Encryption is set to "wep"
Mac address is associated with the livebox.
802.1x is ticked to use IEEE 802.1x network access control.
EAP type is Smart cCard or Certificate

Thanks
Tim

Rom version 1.13.82 WWE
Rom date 11/30/05
Radio version 1.04.02
Protocol version 42.37.P8
ExtROM version 1.13.188 WWE

[madcapmagician]

I just checked (with my Blue Angel) that the router and everything else is working and I'm happy to say it all is.

I set up the new connection on the BA from scratch - WPA-PSK enabled, nice long PSK, and I'm using TKIP. Network connects to: The Internet.

This allows me to remote up to the PC via PC Anywhere, and allows me to connect to the 'Net for free via the WiFi router.

When I duplicate the settings on the Universal, neither of the above works. What am I doing wrong?

Help!

[StevePritchard]

You haven't got mac address filtering enabled on your router, and have forgotten to add your Universal's mac address to the list, have you?

Cheers,

Steve.

[madcapmagician]

No, it's disabled.

[jamfitz86]

hehe i had this problem tonight and was going to post up.

Has your router got MAC-control or anything on it? My SSID is not set to broadcast so I put the settings in manually.

I deleted the settings, and put them in manually again a few times, making sure I had the encryption stuff set correctly.

Eventually it connected and now seems to be working fine.

JAmes

[harondaddy]

Ok, I've tried every possible combination possible and nothing is helping. So my next question to get around this problem>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Can I use my pc as a ad-hoc and us it as my gateway for my Universal?

I have a pc in the office down the hall with the actually wireless router, I have a pc in my room that is accessing the wireless router from the office.

Please let 'US' know if you have tried ad hoc or if you find the right settings to connect to the main wireless router.

Thank you

[kevpuk]

I am on my wifi network typing this, and my settings show 802.1x network access control not having a tick and network adapter connected to Work......on my iPaq hx4700 before, I used these same settings as they seemed to work well, although it ran WM2003SE not WM5.....

All this said, however, but I was lucky in that my MDA Pro connected to my wifi network at the first attempt - except not with as strong a signal as the iPaq had.....

[TigerTim36]

Can anyone who has connected okay, let us have their full settings, so that we can try them?

[sank5]

Is your Router set 802.11g only?
You need to set the router to accept 802.11b and 802.11g.
If your router will only output at 54g, you could try the hack to switch the universal to 54g. I am yet to try this so I don't know if it works.

My MDA Pro connected straight out of the box once I set the ssid and encryption.

Hope this helps

Dave

[madcapmagician]

I've been on the phone talking to 3rd line support at Orange.

Basically, the guy is totally flummoxed!

After trying to talk me through the setup from memory, it seems as though a whole menu of WiFi settings has disappeared from the phone - specifically, the ones that we need! This being the case, he's going to get hold of an M5000 tomorrow and will then bell me back so we can go through the whole process together, both of us using an M5000.

One thought that did occur to me was this: I've only just (like, 3 days ago!) upgraded to the M5000 and I've taken on some kind of free Internet access scheme with my tariff. Could it be that the settings for that (that are sent by Orange in a data SMS) have knackered the WiFi setup?

I'm considering a hard reset with a soft reset before the .CAB files install but will at least wait until tomorrow.

I'll keep you all posted....

[madcapmagician]

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

I'm almost too embarrassed to post this up......

1. Turn off PC
2. Turn off broadband modem
3. Press factory reset buton on wireless router
4. When lights on router stop flashing, turn it off
5. Turn on broadband modem
6. When lights on modem are steady, turn router back on
7. When lights on router are steady, turn PC back on
8. Configure your router to how you want it
9. Configure Universal to connect
10. Job done!

The man at Orange was as embarrassed as me 'cos he said we should have tried connecting to the router via the PDA during yesterday's phone call!

So basically, then, the problem was in the router, not the phone!

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[TigerTim36]

The router is definitely set to b & g as my wife's ipaq connects no trouble on b and my laptop connects on g?

I've tried resetting the Livebox (which is both the router and broadband modem) but still unable to connect with my xda exec :(

So frustrating

Cheers
Tim

[madcapmagician]

Can you connect to the router from your PDA by going to 192.168.1.1?

CAn you connect to the router from any other device by going to 192.168.1.1?

[TigerTim36]

My laptop (g) an my wifes ipaq connect to the routers ip but the xda just defaults to the "gprs 3g" connection, even though the wifi is on??

Cheers
Tim

[madcapmagician]

My laptop (g) an my wifes ipaq connect to the routers ip but the xda just defaults to the "gprs 3g" connection, even though the wifi is on??

.....was exactly my problem.

You say you've reset your router - are we talking an actual reset to factory defaults with the reset button or just a reboot i.e. off and on?

[ice_coffee]

do you have your ssid set to hidden, this causes problems on the Uni for example when I first got my uni it would not connect with the ssid hidden even though it had the correct details, I had to unhide my ssid let it connect for the first time and then hide it again, ever since then it worked properly, that is until my neighbor got wifi, now even though it knows my details it tries to ignore my network (with the hidden ssid) in favour of his network with a viewable id

[ice_coffee]

do you have your ssid set to hidden, this causes problems on the Uni for example when I first got my uni it would not connect with the ssid hidden even though it had the correct details, I had to unhide my ssid let it connect for the first time and then hide it again, ever since then it worked properly, that is until my neighbor got wifi, now even though it knows my details it tries to ignore my network (with the hidden ssid) in favour of his network with a viewable id

[goxboxlive]

I have WiFi problem with my Universal my self.

I have used a SMC barricade wifi router (54Mb/S) at home with WPA-PSK (TKIP) encryption, and it has worked all great.

And now i have bought a new router for my second home, the same brand, but 108Mb/s. But here's where the problem begins.
I have got connected without any encryption, it works all fine, but when i am activating the WPA-PSK (TKIP) the Universal just hangs, it refuse to connect. I have tried a hardreset, new flash with another rom (QTEK and O2) but nothing happens.

And when i fill in the accesspoint and PSK manually and choose connect, it get connected but when i try to browse it it start's to reconnect again, and it refuse to browse on the internet.

I have tried with my wifes pocketPC (X50v) and it connects great with WPA ( Had problems with MS2003 settings, but with Oddesy it connected great.).

Have anyone a solution this? Or had a simular problem? Is there any other application i can use to get connected ( beside oddesey, it's to expensive, havent tried it ). How can i get connected with WPA? any idea's???

[TigerTim36]

just an off for 5 secs, then back on..... I'm a bit worried about losing the connections that I have for my laptop and wifes ipaq, if I do a factory reset??

That would be as a totally last resort....there must be something in the settings.....somewhere.....to get myxda exec online on wifi??

Cheers
Tim

[damber]

I've just purchased the XDA Exec and am having the exact same problems.

I managed to get connected via wifi once (after plenty of fiddling), but after I disconnected, I couldn't get connected again. This was with MAC address filtering, WPA-PSK and Auto-Negotiated b,g,superg settings.

I've tried turning off all encryption, all access (MAC address) control and forced 802.11b on my router. I can connect via other devices (laptop & workstation) fine with these settings (and the originals of course). Not so with the XDA Exec. I've even tried a different channel, but no luck.

Out of the hundreds of attempts to connect I have had 1 or 2 alerts about not being able to get an IP address from the server.. however the adaptor is configured with a static IP (which worked previously).. so not sure how this relates to the issue.

Any help or insights would be much appreciated.

[madcapmagician]

I've tried turning off all encryption, all access (MAC address) control and forced 802.11b on my router.

You don't say whether you've reset/rebooted the router. That's all it took for me.

[dcoelho]

Got my universal today with a Tmobile ROM. Ugrade the ROM. WIFI didn't connect with my Belkin modem/router b/g. My Wizard connects very well. after search the forum for help and various atempts, I got it connected after having disable MAC address filtering on router configuration. Now works like a charm.