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hi guys,
i just bought an XDA II mini, and i heard there are a lot of problems with wireless lan, so im confused, can i use the sandsick wifi card with that phone and access the internet ? does it work well or do i have to trick somethign ? and what kind of card does work ? thank you for the help.
should be possible of cause you need something to connect to
so you need a wifi router or have access to a wifi hotspot somewhere
My MDA Compact works perfectly well with the SanDisk Wifi with 256Mb memory. I didn't experience any problems, except setting it up! :lol: But now I know what to do, its perfect.
ah ok, so wifi and wireless lan are the same but ? meaning as long as theres a wireless lan internet hotspot around, i can use it right ?
yep you got it in one.
well if the hotspot let you
if it's a private wifi network then unly if they dident make it secure
and if it public hotspot they may want to charge you for using it
yeah i know that, how bout security keys ? can the card handle 64/128 bit encryption when i know the key ?
looking at sandisks site would give the answer to that question i think
i got the card, and it was installed fine, also fins my wireless network, but i cant sue internet explorer, it always says i have no connection, and under modem settings i cannot choose wireless, only dial in or bluetooth/gprs settings
if you mean surf and not sue
then try choosing the connection
under advanced when you want to suft using wifi
you have to sellect that connection insted of the GPRS which is the std connection picked there
i tried that, but then in the modem settings there is no wifi option to choose, only gprs, bluetooth and a few others
Hi all. I've connected the xda (with WLAN card) to an adhoc net at home and was able to browse the net/connect around (via broadband through a gateway comp). Now I want to hook it up with a laptop (doesn't have wifi) as a wireless adapter. How exactly do I connect the two? Is it by "wireless modem"? Any pointers appreciated. Thanks.
Yep,
You need the driver & usbmodem_dialer. Lucky you I uploaded it a week ago to the ftp under usb_modem. It contains the inf for the laptop, the dialer & a document with the steps to follow
Regards, M
Hi. Thanks for the advice. But I'm not trying to dial GPRS as internet in the PPC is already provided by the SD WLAN card. I'm trying to connect the laptop w/ the PPC so that it can use the internet in the adhoc network. Can it work in the setup? Also, Im assuming that the "wireless modem" software in PPC has to be running? Thanks!
Just follow the document, including the start of the wireless modem program. I think it will work with wifi as well, haven't got a wifi card yet. Maybe Santa can arrange one.
Cheers, M
Well, I tried that and it didn't work. Error 777 or something. Can't connect. Thanks anyway. Seems that the whole thing is suited for GPRS connections. Tried several times on my laptop but it timed out.
Take a good look at the modem init-string. Sometimes I've to add a ,0
Done that (just add ,0 to the end of APN in the extra strings?) but still no go. I'm really confused now. Queried the modem and it seemed to respond just fine. As I'm not going to use the GPRS at all, what should I put in username, password and APN? Also, what about "preset GPRS" in wireless modem? Thanks.
Frankly I don't know, I'm a gprs user and hoped this could solve your problem. Maybe it's only for gprs usage. APN & user/password are usually for gprs & I only had errors in 600 range.
Regards, M
Well, seems that I've hit a brick wall here. Thanks for all the help anyway.
im still with you sekinoss - this woud be a cool thing to do.
As a semi literate PC user I get to go to a lot of poeples places and sort their pc problems (for my sins!)
I've a friend who isnt internet savvy and has a wireless setup for his wifes laptop downstairs and his own pc connecteed to a modem(!) upstairs. Hes non intenet savvy and I want to get windows updates etc for him for the upstairs pc which is generally not net connected. I'd love to just take my PPC there with a usb lead and use it to get him on broadband wireless upstairs and update his windows machine properly. (He usually doesnt bother with the windows updates as they 'take too long' on a modem. Hmm.) Surely this would be a cool use of the PPC - I can't understand that there seems to be no software/method to do this sort of thing.
Ah well! :?:
Could someone please help? I;ve got a spectec wifi card, WM5 driver. I get the antenna symbol, but no bars or signal strength. I 'configure' the wlan 11b network adapter for server assigned IP address AND connection to 'the internet' but no joy. Is there something at the router end i need to do?
What device are you using? why the WM5 driver? Is that driver also backwards compatible with WM2003?
Its the compact II, hence wm5. The spectec wlan card is backwards compatible with wm2003, but drivers are specific to the os (at least that's my understanding) Well, when i tap on IE i just get 'connecting' and that's it. Any ideas? Spectec don;t seem to be responding...i don;t know if its a driver issue or what...
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Its the compact II, hence wm5. The spectec wlan card is backwards compatible with wm2003, but drivers are specific to the os (at least that's my understanding) Well, when i tap on IE i just get 'connecting' and that's it. Any ideas? Spectec don;t seem to be responding...i don;t know if its a driver issue or what...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewforum.php?f=20
You'll get the answers in the correct forum. Just go to the link above.
Mda Compact II, htc-charmer,etc,etc..but what's in a name? Man, this is the right place ?!?
my mistake....keep forgetting that there is a Charmer out there :lol:
There isn't an official forum for the Charmer as yet in this site....what is your router brand? Can the WLAN detect the SSID of your router? Is the SSID broadcast in your router switched on?
First thing is that your Wi-Fi must be able to detect that there is an access point nearby and should at least pick up the SSID of your network.
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I 'configure' the wlan 11b network adapter for server assigned IP address AND connection to 'the internet' but no joy. Is there something at the router end i need to do?
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You'd be better off using the DHCP to "ON" on your wifi server. But if you manually configure it to use your own IPs, you also need to manually configure the IP settings on your Handheld. I cant tell specific details of how to do it on your handheld because i dont use spectec wifi card. But you should be able to look at its settings and tweak it.
Also make sure, as O2mininoob above said that your SSID must be Broadcast. Also make sure that MAC address filtering is OFF, otherwise you also have to manually input your handheld's MAC address.
Let me just add, i'm running apple-mac wireless networking - does that really matter? I can access wireless via non-Mac laptops - a second point, the spectec wlan utility on the mda won't open even after reinstalling.
Ok, I;ve disabled all restrictions on wireless clients on the base station -
But i;m not sure what SSID is, nor can i find anything about broadcasting under the settings.
P.S But there's one thing i don't get which might be of some significance (or probably not!)
1. Under the 'internet' tab on the PC (not the mda) which deals with TCP/IP settings, i'm showing one IP address which is teh same as the router address.
2. Under the 'network' tab (which deals with how the base-station's internet connection is shared with other computers) I'm sharing a single IP address using dhcp which is different from the above IP and router address.
Does the difference between 1 & 2 mean anything? Three laptops in the place are connecting without problems.
Well, thanks for any light on the matter
Sorry i dont know anything about apple-mac networking, but, if your other computers can connect to your router, then theres no problem with your router...
the problem might be with the way you connect your handheld to your router...
you configure your handheld the way you configured your computers to connect to your router.
about SSID> on your hanheld, if you perform a search for wireless network, can it find your wireless network name? (example> ''Belkin Wireless'' or ''Netgear'').
if your handheld fiinds it, then dont worry with SSID as im sure it is being broadcast.
also, make sure that wireless mode is set to both 802.11b and g.
My Spectec card came with drivers and a WLAN Utility program. When you run this program, it usually displays the SSID with the strongest signal. Do you have it installed in your PPC? What does it say when you run it?
Also, go to Settings -> Connections -> Network cards. If your Spectec driver was installed correctly, you'll have a window displaying all the SSID's that the card has detected. Tap and hold on your router's SSID and tap connect.
HTH. Good luck.
Spectec tells me that the wlan utility is incompatible with WM5. And i;m not getting a list of any SSID's. I've pretty much given up! Cheers for the feedback.
There's a WM2005 Spectec Driver here. Maybe you can try downloading this one, un-install the one in your PPC and install the new one.
Good luck.
hey, ive been scooping on here for a while and this is my first post.
ive searched for over an hour and i havent found the answer.
i downloaded internet sharing cab and installed it, it runs fine on my wm6, but when i connect it to my laptop using usb, the laptop cant get the IP address.
it eventually says limited connection on my laptop. any ideas?
TIA
Cliff
I can tell you from experience (i connect this way) that you don't need to install anything on your laptop exept for active sync (i think the latest one is 4.5) after you do that you enable internet sharing in your wing ( start/programs/accessories/internet sharing) after you enable it you connect your wing to your laptop, at that point your laptop should regognize your phone as a network connection. you can now browse the net.
if you're on the 5.99 proxy there is one more step. you have to configure Internet explorer to use the proxy. I don't remember everything off the top of my head but I think it goes like this settings/ connections tab/lan settins/proxy server
from there you just enter the same proxy and port that you did on your wing. you should now be able to surf.
the thing is, my phone is unlocked and im on the cingular network. i have all the settings for it. internet explorer works on my phone.(i get internet on my phone)
when i connect it to my laptop, it detects it like its supposed to, BUT it doesnt get the IP address. if you have anymore info, let me know
thanks
Cliff
Please help me ..My Kaiser connect to my home wi-fi with no problem .. But when i want to go to google or any other site it say's: "The Page cannot be found. Check the name and try again" .. But if I use GPRS (G3) everything work just fine .. i can go to any site i want .. Someone ???
ok guys .. I found that the problem is not on Kaiser or in IE but in my settings on ruter... I went to the town and connect to free wifi there .. And IE WORK with no problem .. i didn't find out yet where exactly is the problem and what am I suppost to do ... But if i do .. I'll posted here = )
a few things to test:
maybe your homenetwork requires that you configure a proxy. did you varify your proxy settings from connections
try this. go to settings->connections->connections->advanced tab-select network. create a new profile with the new button with the correct proxy setting.
set both profiles to this newly created profile. exit and enable wifi and try again.
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also, if you connect the ppc to a pc that connects fine to the wifi network using activesync can you browse?
but i don't have any proxy settings in my router configuration .. I'll like to have wireless connection to my Kaiser .. this is pritty much why i buy it .. Because of WiFi option .. and qwertz afkors = ) meybi i will went to town again and ask there where i connect to internet what kind of setting do they have = )
you check for proxy on your kaiser not router
let me say that again. i want you to test two things to trubleshoot your problem.
1- get a laptop that connects to your wifi. install activesync and see if you can also see the network from your kaiser
2-also double check your Kiser proxy configuration (my first post) are they correct?
do these two things and report back
emm but i don't know what to write in proxy settings ..
dude, do you have a pc or laptop that can connect to the same network??????!! if so, make sure that you are using the same network settings on your ppc(proxy, dhcp or static IP addresses...etc)
most of the times the proxy settings need to be empty
I had that problem with my 02 XDA EXEC. I had to do a hard reset to get it to work. However a hard reset broke my MMS settings, so make sure you have backed up all your data and are willing to search for those settings. joemanb on this forum has a great set of CABs for the Universal, make sure you have something similar for your phone before hand.
I don't have any prokxy settings .. and hard reset don't help ether .. :S
maxi you still didnt report on two things i asked you to do
- can you connect the phone using activesync
- on the laptop that works, is the ip setup to be automatic (dhcp) or static. please make sure you do the same on your phone
also when you connect to the wifi network it should ask you to select internet or work. select internet. see if that changes anything
em i have a problem with activesync because Im a mac user and my mac don't recognize kaiser ... so i can't do that right now ..
I'm a new Kaiser user.
There's a network near home that is free to use.
On PC (WinXP Pro SP2), the network can be connected (albeit unstable), and all are set to be DHCP. When browsing started, it'll prompt for the hotspot name/pswd which I have and could be used.
I tried using the Kaiser and on WIFI setup, click that to connect. After several tries, it just go back to 'available' status instead of connected. Is there any setting I need to do? If I check the WLAN (still under Setting), it shows not connected (which is obvious)
On the tips/suggestion on using ActiveSync, do I connect the PC to the WIFI, then use the Kaiser over WIFI to ActiveSync? If yes, I'll try that and report back.
Update 02/11/2009:
Now it works after I did a refresh of the O/S (Setting -> Empty Folder or something like that, sorry, I don't remember). It default back the phone to factory and since then it works. Now question: why it didn't work out of the box?
the problem was in router. i get a new one now and it works like a charm = )