Re: wireless connection through Router

From: Sooner Al (SoonerAl_at_somewhere.net.invalid)
Date: 07/03/04 

Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 05:31:14 -0500

I don't personally know anything about the BT device other than to make sure you have the latest
firmware installed. You also might check with BT to see if their technical support pages mention any
problems with assigning IP addresses to PocketPC devices. Some routers appear to have problems and
some don't... In my case, when I first got my old 3630 my old Linksys router (BEFSR41) would not
assign IP addresses to Windows CE devices. A subsequent Linksys firmware upgrade fixed that...

Have you tried assigning a static IP, with appropriate DNS information, to the card network
properties as a test?

Have you verified the SSID is either being detected correctly (IF you have the card setup for Auto
Detect) or you have entered the SSID manually correctly? You state you have turned off WEP on both
the access point and card to test, so SSID is the other possible problem now...

Sometimes a reset of the access point/router helps...

Other things to try...

Turn off any power save mode on the D-Link card. I seen reports of other cards having problems with
power save modes for some strange reason...

FWIW, my brother uses my old D-Link DCF-650W card in his iPAQ 3650 running the PPC 2002 OS just
fine... In his case he has Apple Airport wireless access points. I used that same card, ie. the
D-Link DCF-650W, in my old iPAQ 3835 running PPC 2002 OS with an ORiNOCO RG-1000 wireless access
point...

Make sure you review the Product Manual for your card. Get a copy here...

ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/DCF660W/Manual/dcf660W_manual_062602F.pdf

As a very last resort, doing a hard reset of the PocketPC, followed by installation of the D-Link
drivers and configuration of both the drivers and Connection Manager can work miracles...ie. getting
wireless networking working on a clean machine then reinstalling applications, etc... 

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"Headtheball" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:ujVtSFGYEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Al, thanks for staying with me. At the moment I have the ipaq in the 'grenade ready, pin out 
> position' The router is a BT Voyager 2000, Mind your head 'INCOMING'
> "Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:OfNy3yFYEHA.1764@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> What wireless access point/router? Maybe someone with that access point can help if you name 
>> it...
>>
>> -- 
>>    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
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>>
>> "Headtheball" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:uTkTivFYEHA.3596@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>I thought that my router should automatically assign an ip address, I cannot ping my PPC on any 
>>>ip within the network range. I have turned off WEP encryption on both the router and PPC , I am 
>>>getting full signal strength but I cannot use IE on the PPC, it is really frustrating. Is it 
>>>anything to do with ZA settings or IE security settings? My PC, Laptop and sons computer are all 
>>>talking to the router but not the PPC.
>>> "Knott Me" <knott_me@SPAMSUX.hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>>> news:OwcMU8EYEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> in network management on the PPC try playing around with the "work" vs.
>>>> "internet" settings. switch from "work" to "internet" and visa versa and see
>>>> if you can connect.  also, the ipaq will not show up under the "workgroup"
>>>> on the desktop, even if properly connected.
>>>>
>>>> "Headtheball" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:O0bslDCYEHA.4092@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> Hello, I have an ipaq 3630 running PPC 2002, I have a DCF-660w wireless card
>>>> connected. I am running a small home wireless network consisting of My Pc
>>>> linked by ethernet cable to wireless router, my sons Pc is connected to the
>>>> wireless network via a USB network adapter, My Laptop via centrino all of
>>>> these are working fine except the ipaq. I downloaded and installed the
>>>> dcf-660w utility onto the ipaq and reset the ipaq to accept the new
>>>> software. I went through the setup procedure and the ipaq is showing full
>>>> strength signal on my wireless network, the problem is that I cannot use the
>>>> internet explorer to access the internet and my device has not been picked
>>>> up in workgroup computers. Please tell me what I am doing wrong
>>>>
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