Re: IPAQ h5550 + WLAN

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From: Charlie (cvsmith_at_citlink.net)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 08:22:45 -0700

That page is a beautiful and extremely useful piece of work! Think I
learned every one of those steps the hard way. What did you use to get the
screen shots?
Never heard of some of this equipment(It's British, you know!) but had
similar problems until I changed out a 5 year old 3com router for a new
Linksys. DHCP now works.
Charlie

"Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:%23Uu8W$87DHA.3028@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Use 'work'... See this page for details on configuring the WM 2003
Connection Manager...
>
>
http://members.cox.net/ajarvi/WM2003/Connection_Manager/ConnectionManager.html
>
> Are you by chance locking onto a neighboring network versus your own? You
might try changing the
> transmit channel in the Buffalo to a different channel to see if it
helps...
> --
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
benefit of all of us...
> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
>
> "Simon Baker" <simonbaker@think-box.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23hN22y87DHA.1596@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > I have the following network setup:
> >
> > Buffalo CBR-G54 broadband router
> > X-Modem ADSL modem
> > Windows XP desktop
> > Windows 2000 laptop connected via wireless using Buffalo WLI-CB-G54A
card.
> > IPAQ h5550
> >
> > The router is configured as a DHCP server and to filter MAC addresses,
it
> > also has WEP enabled.
> >
> > Facts:
> > 1. I see the iPAQ MAC address on the router.
> > 2. I can ping the IP address allocated to the iPAQ.
> > 3. I have configured no proxy (there isn't one on my network).
> > 4. I can get a green led and double-arrow icon. When clicking on this it
> > give a pop-up showing the connection, eg. Internet and the reception
level.
> > This is intermittent though.
> > 5. I have tried using Internet and Work.
> > 6. I updated the wireless driver to 3.2.2.115.
> >
> > Problems:
> > 1. I cannot connected to the internet. The browser says page cannot be
> > displayed (it does display if i cradle the IPAQ).
> > 2. I cannot open a shared file on the XP desktop, eg. //ODIN/test.txt.
Says
> > it cannot connect.
> > 3. The connection seems to jump around redetecting the network all the
time.
> >
> >
> > Questions:
> > 1. Should i use Internet or Work? Internet when accessing the internet
> > directly through my broadband router, and Work when trying to see shared
> > directories on the network?
> > 2. Can you please confirm what the configuration should be?
> >
> >
>

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