Setting up wifi on MDA

[iclick]

I just received my MDA Friday and have not figured out how to link to my home network (Linksys WRT54G). On the router I have WPA-Personal TKIP encryption, MAC filtering, and have added the MDA's MAC address to the list.

Could someone provide a step-by-step on setting this up? The manual has absolutely nothing, and I can't even find any encryption settings in the MDA's wifi setup.

[iclick]

Nobody knows how to set up wifi on the MDA?

[lts]

I have a Qtek 9100 connecting to a WRT54G and you really should'nt have to do anything special to make it work; but there is one thing I can think of though:

Is the wireless mode on your WRT54G set to 'G-only'? If so you will need to either set the mode to 'Mixed' or apply the 'G registry hack' described elsewhere in the forum to the MDA.

And maybe one more thing:

Have you disabled SSID Broadcast on the WRT54G? If that is the case the MDA can obviously not find the router.

[iclick]

I have a Qtek 9100 connecting to a WRT54G and you really should'nt have to do anything special to make it work; but there is one thing I can think of though:

Is the wireless mode on your WRT54G set to 'G-only'? If so you will need to either set the mode to 'Mixed' or apply the 'G registry hack' described elsewhere in the forum to the MDA.

And maybe one thing more:

Have you disabled SSID Broadcast on the WRT54G? If that is the case the MDA can obviously not find the router.

Thanks, Its, for your reply. I originally had the router set to "G only," then changed it to "Mixed," and have also done the MDA registry hack.

SSID Broadcast is disabled on the router, but I was hoping to plug in an IP address or something to point it in the right direction. I have a wifi module for my Nikon D2X camera that finds the router, as does my notebook computer, so I'm sure there's a way. I see no way to assign a security protocol on the MDA, and I'm sure that needs to be done. WPA-Personal (TKIP) is enabled on the router.

Hopefully I can get it talking to the router without compromising security. As I mentioned before, I've entered the MDA's MAC address in the router's approved list, as I do have MAC filtering enabled.

[lts]

Once the MDA has detected the router you can choose to connect to it, and at that point you can enter the security protocol and your network key.

And once you have made a successfull connection, you can actually disable the SSID Broadcast on the WRT54G again. The MDA will remember the SSID and the settings.

[iclick]

Problem fixed, that did it. After enabling SSID Broadcast it picked it up and after disabling again it had no trouble connecting thereafter. Thanks for the tip!