Apologies but I am verynew to the Atom and networking. Could somebody please assist with a simple to follow list of steps for me to connect to the internet at an internet cafe. I turn on the wifi and it will generally stay on for a short time but when I try to use internet explorer to get to gmail (or any other site) it comes back with a message that the connection was lost. I know there was no problem with the wireless connection in the cafe as my pc was downloading at the time. many thanks
Hi,
First of all, are you able to connect to the Internet from your device at home?
....or is it the case that you don't have an access point at home and simply want to connect to the Internet from an Internet cafe or WiFi hotspot?
Generally, if you have correctly configured (set-up) your Atom correctly, to connect, using WiFi, that setup should still work outside of your home, assuming you have a free WiFi hotspot. The only difference being that this time, it is not using your own access point. All you need to do is simply to connect (as you were doing).
The same goes with an Internet cafe, as long as the routers in the Internet cafe are setup to allow connectivity from un-named devices (such as your Atom), in adition to connectivity from their own specific computers (hence you were able to download, using the computers at the Internet Cafe).
The keyword here is OPEN - be it at an Internet cafe, WiFi hotspot or whatever. It's got to be open (and free), before you can connect and surf the Internet, like you were trying to do.
Failing that, you'll have to subscribe to the service provider before you can use their WiFi hotspot (e.g. at an Internet cafe, Macdonald's, hotel, airport) or any other public place.
Your device should be able to see all nearby networks. It should also indicate the strength of the signal according to the number of bars next to the network. Additionally, it will show, by way of a padlock, that it is a secure network. No padlock means it is an open one.
If there are open networks within your vicinity that do not require authentication, with a strong signal, then all you need to do is to click connect and you're on - away and surfing.
However, if the signal is weak, (assuming that it does not require authentication), then, you simply would not be able to connect to that network.
Try and figure out from here, as to why you weren't able to connect at the Internet Cafe.
Hope this helps.
kiwi992.
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Hi, Ive just got an imate JAMin after a 3 year break from the Pocket PC world and im very impressed but I have a few questions.
1) VPN, how do you actually connect to it? I have enterd all the details to connect to my windows VPN server but as far as I can see the only way to initiate the connection is to tap hold on the VPN in connection manager and select connect. But it also never does anything.
2) Is there any way to select if the wireless uses b or g mode or is it totally automatic? I would like to leave it in b only mode to save power.
3) My setup is as follows. Wireless at home directly connected to the internet, wireless at work on our lan which also offers internet access. I would like to know whats the best way to setup my connections? Should I say my wireless is on the work network or on the internet? I want connections no matter where I am to always use the wifi first and then if it cant connect to use the GPRS connection. The way I have done it is to convigure everything to use my work network and added a GPRS connection to that. so the 'My ISP' option isnt even used any more.
Many Thanks for any assistance you can offer.
For some reason I can connect to the internet very easily through GPRS (even when roaming), but at home with my own wirelss LAN, I can connect with no problem, but each time I try to access anything on the internet, I get a pop-up stating "Could not locate remote server". I don't have a router, I am using a desktop as the gateway, I am currently accessing the net with my laptop through the same means. All configurations for the LAN appear to be correct, but I must be missing something on the JAMin. In the WiFi settings, I see the LAN, almost full signal - Ad hoc Mode - status is connected - I'm assigned an IP ... seems like everything is in order.
Will one of you wizards point out what I've missed? I know it's probably simple, usually is.
If I'm having trouble connecting a device to a network that has previously been working ok, the first that I do is turn off all network security i.e WEP, MAC address filtering etc. Then reboot the wireless access point/router and your device. If you still can't connect, you can start to blame your device.
Don't think it's a network prob...
Thanks Matterhorn, but my laptop is still connected fine, no problems there... I get the feeling that the PPC's only recognising the GPRS as a valid network for internet access... it works okay when I login to a commercial WiFi network (when I'm in the States) but for some reason on my own network here at home, it logs in, just can't find a server for some reason. The first thing I thought of was the firewall, turned it off and still no luck.
Any other ideas? I thought maybe there was a setting for default AP or connection, but can't find it, nor can I find an appropriate reference in the manual. Ugh!
Resolved!
It would seem my JAMin was trying to access the internet not through the gateway, but through my laptop. As I don't have the laptop setup to share an internet connection, it would allow my JAMin to connect, but that was all. I went in the room where my desktop is, registered on the network there and bingo!
Too simple, should have tried that right away but it didn't occur to me at the time. Thanks for the help anyway Matterhorn!
Anyone has been able to share the 3g connection with other devices using BT (with Personal Area Network) or Wifi adoc network?? I only got it once with wifi adoc but I coudnt repeat again....
I want to connect my Packard Bell to internet using the 3g connection within the shift....
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Anyone has been able to share the 3g connection with other devices using BT (with Personal Area Network) or Wifi adoc network?? I only got it once with wifi adoc but I coudnt repeat again....
I want to connect my Packard Bell to internet using the 3g connection within the shift....
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nice idea, i will try.
Hello,
yes, I managed to get it working. It took me two days, so I'm glad to share it here to give something back to this great forum.
The setup method is similar to the ICS instructions in Vista Help and on various internet pages, but with an extra step at the end to get it to actually work.
First thing first, you need a network connection between your Shift and your laptop. I used Wifi. You will probably need to tone down your firwall in order to set up this network connection.
Then you need to set up ICS on your shift. Enable the options in your Network and Sharing centre. Read the ICS instuctions in Windows help if you need help with setting these options.
Ok, so it should now work, but doesn't. Now the trick that I found to get it to work:
Each time you wish to share internet on your computers, do the following:
1. Connect to your network from your shift and laptop to open the connection.
2. On you shift, manage network connections and get properties for Local Area Connection. Select the Sharing tab and DISABLE both options.
3. On you shift, get properties for Local Area Connection. Select the Sharing tab and ENABLE both options.
Wait about 30 seconds, then the globe should appear in your network icon on your laptop, and it should have network connection from that point.
Repeat steps 1-3 for every time you wish to use this sharing.
To connect your Shift to a home Broadband internet wifi, do the following steps:
1. On you shift, manage network connections and get properties for Local Area Connection. Select the Sharing tab and DISABLE both options.
2. Connect to the wifi home Broadband internet.
I'm brand new to this, so I might be mising a couple of tricks so any regfinements to my method would be gratefully received.
In particular I'd like my two machines to automatically connect via wifi network when they are near. Anybody know how to do this?
Thanks¡¡. works correctly but dns server. I ve to setup it in my packardbell manually. Any idea?
any dns server will do really
so just find the ip of any and use that
dns servers unlike gateways are not something
you have to get from your provider
Hi,
last time I tried to share my Shift's internet connection over an ad hoc network, so that others could go online with their own laptops.
I was not able to do this. Is is even possible? What do I have to do on my Shift?
I created a new ad hoc network and enabled the "Internet Sharing" option at the end of the setup wizard (in Vista). Then the other XP laptop successfully connected to this network but I could not get any further.
Do I have to use my Shift's wireless NIC IP address as the gateway on the other hosts? Do I have to disable my Vista firewall? I wasn't even able to ping the other device within this network.
On both systems I did not specify any host IP addresses. Is this managed by the two hosts on their own? (DCHP, DNS?)
It is a bit confusing, as I never set up such a network and with two different Operating Systems this doesn't get easier. What a about a network bridge? Do I have to unite the wireless network adapter and the SnapVue network into a new network bridge? In that case my Shift loses the internet connectivity.
Solution
Ah, I get to re-live my moment of glory by posting the working solution that I devised:
This allows you to share your Shift HSDPA internet connection with, say your laptop, so that your laptop can have internet anywhere where there is a mobile signal (and your Shift windows side is on).
The setup method is similar to the ICS instructions in Vista Help and on various internet pages, but with an extra step at the end to get it to actually work.
First thing first, you need an adhoc network connection between your Shift and your laptop. I used Wifi. This is easy to achieve using the network and sharing centre on both your Shift and your laptop. (You may need to Temporarily tone down your firwall in order to set up this adhoc network connection.)
Then you need to set up ICS on your shift. Enable the options in your Network and Sharing centre. Read the ICS instuctions in Windows help if you need help with setting these options.
Ok, so it should now work according to Vista documentation, but it doesn't. Now the trick that I found to get it to work:
Each time you wish to share your Shifts HSPDA internet with your laptop/s, do the following:
1. Connect to your ad hoc network from your shift and laptop to open the connection. (you may have set this up to establish automatically).
2. On you Shift, manage network connections and get properties for Local Area Connection. Select the Sharing tab and DISABLE both options.
3. On you Shift, get properties for Local Area Connection. Select the Sharing tab and ENABLE both options.
Wait about 30 seconds, and then your shifts HSPDA internet should be happily available on your laptop. (Vista indicates this by drawing a world globe on the network icon of the taskbar of your laptop.)
Repeat steps 1-3 for every time you wish to use your Shifts HSDPA internet on your laptop.
To connect your Shift to a home Broadband internet wifi, do the following steps:
1. On you Shift, manage network connections and get properties for Local Area Connection. Select the Sharing tab and DISABLE both options.
2. Connect to the wifi home Broadband internet.
Confusion Abounds . . .
Flanimal,
I'm a bit confused, could you clarify? Here's where I'm confused. I don't have wired broadband in my house; I'm strictly cellular. So, for me, I cannot have both Wifi and HSDPA on and be able to connect to the internet. Windows 7 thinks Wifi is a better connection so it won't even try HSDPA. You said that the first step was to "connect to your network from your Shift and laptop." I assume you mean Wifi here?
From the get go I'm out of luck because I won't have internet with Wifi on.
But then I'm still curious. The next two steps have you disabling and then enabling the sharing option. Nothing is ever done on the laptop. Can you clarify?
UPDATE: I figured it out! I just filled in the blanks with some common sense and it worked! Now I have my Macbook Pro connecting to the internet through my Shift, and . . . it's kinda free. Thanks Flanimal!
Glory days!
Hi TopRowGuywithFeet,
It's great to hear that this was useful to you. In response, I've applied a few minor updates to my instructions.
It's great to get things working isn't it? By the sounds of it, this also also allows you to have a permanent wifi network between your Shift and you Macbook pro, wheras before you had to disable the Shift wifi to get internet. If so, cool!
Hi, New poster so if I've posted in the wrong area please don't bite
I've been connecting my phone to a smart device (miracast-ing 'direct') but as of late the connection has become unstable and generally unusable. I had the brainstorm of using an old router to stabilize the connection, this seems to have done the trick but now I'm unable to access the mobile data as WIFI has assumed priority. Please bear in mind I don't have home internet so the router is being used solely as a go between for phone and smart device. Is there any possibility of WiFi connection whilst have access to mobile data or is this just a pipedream?
Thanks in advance
You can just start a wifi network from your phone, connect the smart devices to your phones wifi and use mobile data normal as internet connection (this is standard if you start a wifi network from phone). You wouldnt even need the router with this szenario, if the wifi signal of your phone isnt strong enough you can connect your router to the phone and extend the wifi with the router.
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You can just start a wifi network from your phone, connect the smart devices to your phones wifi and use mobile data normal as internet connection (this is standard if you start a wifi network from phone). You wouldnt even need the router with this szenario, if the wifi signal of your phone isnt strong enough you can connect your router to the phone and extend the wifi with the router.
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Thanks for the reply
But creating a mobile hotspot won't help because it doesn't solve the faulty (actually non-existent) miracast connection, plus I don't need a hotspot because only the phone needs internet access. My earlier explanation was probably a bit vague.
My goal is to mirror my phone's screen but to also have internet access solely on my phone.
Phone➡Smart Device➡Display - Can't connect (used to work faultless).
Phone➡Router➡Smart Device➡Display - Connects but no mobile data available because the phone thinks the router has internet access covered.
Dowtish said:
Thanks for the reply
But creating a mobile hotspot won't help because it doesn't solve the faulty (actually non-existent) miracast connection, plus I don't need a hotspot because only the phone needs internet access. My earlier explanation was probably a bit vague.
My goal is to mirror my phone's screen but to also have internet access solely on my phone.
Phone➡Smart Device➡Display - Can't connect (used to work faultless).
Phone➡Router➡Smart Device➡Display - Connects but no mobile data available because the phone thinks the router has internet access covered.
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Creating a hotspot is not for giving the other devices in your network internet access, this is the only way you can use the wifi on your phone with using mobile data at the same time. I dont know why but android devices never use mobile data when they are connected to a wifi network and there is no internet access available. So if you configure your router as a wifi repeater and setup the phone as base station, your wifi signal from phone to router should be good and you can connect your other devices to the router, the phone should see all devices in the same network if you stop the dhcp server in your router and only use the one from your phones hotspot. Should look like this :
Phone (with DHCP) <----Router---->Smart Device---> Display
saturday_night said:
Creating a hotspot is not for giving the other devices in your network internet access, this is the only way you can use the wifi on your phone with using mobile data at the same time. I dont know why but android devices never use mobile data when they are connected to a wifi network and there is no internet access available. So if you configure your router as a wifi repeater and setup the phone as base station, your wifi signal from phone to router should be good and you can connect your other devices to the router, the phone should see all devices in the same network if you stop the dhcp server in your router and only use the one from your phones hotspot. Should look like this :
Phone (with DHCP) <----Router---->Smart Device---> Display
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Cheers will try it out.
Hopefully that sort of config is available on my router as it is loaded with a custom firmware from my old ISP provider.
Thanks
saturday_night said:
Creating a hotspot is not for giving the other devices in your network internet access, this is the only way you can use the wifi on your phone with using mobile data at the same time. I dont know why but android devices never use mobile data when they are connected to a wifi network and there is no internet access available. So if you configure your router as a wifi repeater and setup the phone as base station, your wifi signal from phone to router should be good and you can connect your other devices to the router, the phone should see all devices in the same network if you stop the dhcp server in your router and only use the one from your phones hotspot. Should look like this :
Phone (with DHCP) <----Router---->Smart Device---> Display
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Router ISP custom firmware seems restrictive (no advanced wireless settings) plus WDS is not officially supported.
Possibly achievable but beyond my technical savvy
Thanks for the advice anyways.
Dowtish said:
Hi, New poster so if I've posted in the wrong area please don't bite
I've been connecting my phone to a smart device (miracast-ing 'direct') but as of late the connection has become unstable and generally unusable. I had the brainstorm of using an old router to stabilize the connection, this seems to have done the trick but now I'm unable to access the mobile data as WIFI has assumed priority. Please bear in mind I don't have home internet so the router is being used solely as a go between for phone and smart device. Is there any possibility of WiFi connection whilst have access to mobile data or is this just a pipedream?
Thanks in advance
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Do not use WiFi 5Gz , use only 2,4Gz, and wifi 5Gz off for router and smartphone