Re: For Sale IPAQ with dcf-660w Air card

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From: Mitch_A (naman-nospam_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 07/02/04 

Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 19:35:58 GMT

Oh yea forgot to mention turning off all the security on your Router till
you can connect.

"Mitch_A" <naman-nospam@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:GMiFc.7659$o%1.1909@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com...
> After reading your posts below I cant really give you an answer but I
would
> suggest turning off all firewalls and assign a static IP (including
gateway
> and DNS) to the iPAQ network adapter. On the ipaq be sure you have
> connection mgr set to "Work". This is why youre getting a dial popup, its
> currently set to ISP. It's been awhile since I used PPC2002 so the terms
> IIRC are a bit different than "work" and "ISP". Once you can ping outside
> your local net then you can re-enable and troubleshoot ZA and/or your
> Router.
>
> Don't think the XDA will be much different for this case though. You
still
> need to take the same/similar steps to use its wi-fi. In other words if
the
> issue is DHCP not vending the correct IP's or you have a firewall blocking
> access then you'll still be in the same boat.
>
>
> Mitch
>
>
> "Headtheball" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uMs$pBGYEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Fed up with this, I feel an xda coming on, newer networking technology
> > without the headaches.I often wonder why things have to be so difficult,
> > what happened to Go and Stop and On and Off technology? Can anyone
explain
> > why I can't buy a PDA, laptop, etc etc without having to go through a
> degree
> > course to get the thing set up the way I want it set up? I embrace
> > technology but I think that it sometimes tries to be too clever. I have
> > spent two days trying to resolve the problem of getting my ipaq to
connect
> > to my wireless router and give me access to mobile browsing on my pda
but
> it
> > wont have it. I have tried forum after forum, newsgroup and chat and no
> one
> > has come close to solving the problem. I am running the latest DFC-660w
> > drivers and utility, it tells me that all is fine but I cannot browse
the
> > internet on my pda. Madness! I say, Madness
> >
> >
>
>

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