Re: Pocket PC HP model number RX1955

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Not a direct answer to your question, but a possible
workaround/improvement:

For security reasons, I've activated MAC address filtering on my home
access point. I _think_ a nice side effect is that mobile devices
connect more quickly. Perhaps they'll be more selective in your
situation.

Under Windows XP, clients can specify a preferred access point MAC
address. This certainly provides more selectivity. I'm quite sure it
is not available for WM 5. I may well be confusing this feature with
the behavior I describe above.


On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:51:46 -0500, "Dave" <toofastdave@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Hello,
>    My wife recently purchased a Pocket PC HP model number RX1955 with 
>Windows Mobile 5.0 on it and everything works great except for the Wi-Fi. 
>We have several wireless access points in our neighborhood and the Wi-Fi 
>keeps switching between them constantly and will not connect to my network 
>router.  I have WEP enabled and have entered the WEP key a few dozen times 
>and every time I go back it's not there anymore.  I've done hard resets and 
>tried static IP's but nothing works.  I have connected ONE time and it 
>worked great then it stopped.  When I checked the settings it had switched 
>to another access point.  We contacted HP Tech support and they said it was 
>an issue with the embedded operating system and there was nothing they could 
>do about it and that there was no fix.  <--- What a joke.  Any, my HP Model 
>H4155 has an option to "Automatically connect to prefered networks", and 
>this new one (HP RX1955) does not.  I am assuming that this is the issue as 
>it just keeps jumping from access point (router) to access point (router). 
>Is there any fix for this?  Is there a patch for the Wi-Fi issue?  Should I 
>send it back?
>
>Regards, and thanks for any help!
>Dave 
>

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