Bob Henson
11th September 2008, 12:30 PM
Forgive me if this has been covered before, I'm new to the forum. I did a search but can't find a problem which is just the same - hence the new thread.
I have an XDA Orbit II and run Vista Home Premium on my desktop, connecting to the internet via a Netgear WiFi router. My desktop and my partner's are connected via ethernet to the router, my laptop connects via WiFi and all have normal internet access. The router is set up for WPA-PSK and TKIP with a long password and when I turn on WiFi the XDA connects to the router immediately, and shows a valid IP address - which can only have been assigned by the router, confirming the conection.
I seem to be able to be able to access the Internet from the XDA OK, but then another time I get "page not found" errors and cannot connect to any sites at all. Generally when this happens it stays that way and subsequent connections cannot access the Internet either. Deleting all details of the connection and starting again seems to restore the status quo, but in view of the time it takes to retype the 32 digit password, I'm not too keen to do that often!
Whilst the XDA shows as connected and shows an IP address, accessing the router setup does not show the XDA as a "connected device" - I presume it should?
I'm not overly technical, but this seems quite incongruous to me. Has anyone any suggestions as to how I should go about troubleshooting this? I've no idea if it is a problem with the XDA, Vista or the router.
Regards,
Bob
I have an XDA Orbit II and run Vista Home Premium on my desktop, connecting to the internet via a Netgear WiFi router. My desktop and my partner's are connected via ethernet to the router, my laptop connects via WiFi and all have normal internet access. The router is set up for WPA-PSK and TKIP with a long password and when I turn on WiFi the XDA connects to the router immediately, and shows a valid IP address - which can only have been assigned by the router, confirming the conection.
I seem to be able to be able to access the Internet from the XDA OK, but then another time I get "page not found" errors and cannot connect to any sites at all. Generally when this happens it stays that way and subsequent connections cannot access the Internet either. Deleting all details of the connection and starting again seems to restore the status quo, but in view of the time it takes to retype the 32 digit password, I'm not too keen to do that often!
Whilst the XDA shows as connected and shows an IP address, accessing the router setup does not show the XDA as a "connected device" - I presume it should?
I'm not overly technical, but this seems quite incongruous to me. Has anyone any suggestions as to how I should go about troubleshooting this? I've no idea if it is a problem with the XDA, Vista or the router.
Regards,
Bob