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Originally Posted by weedahoe
Lemme get some clarifiacation here for a sec, you CAN connect and surf on your PPC on your home network using WEP and can surf until you ge tired of doing so but during that entire time you CANNOT use Live Search, correct?
BUT if you disable WEP on your router and go to an Unsecure connection type you can again connect and surf and ALSO then do Live Search, right?
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Yes, you are correct. I can surf with IE, use Yahoo 2 Go!, sync my Live mail. But Live Search refuses to connect in the same time period. The XV6700 shows my WIFI network as connected. I see no evidence of losing connection and the signal strength is clear across the bar strong. When I activate the EV-DO data connection, Live Search functions perfectly and even does the "Speak" function. That's what initially made me believe that Verizon was behind it but now I think it is the security.
I have not disabled the security on my router to see if that works or not. My feeling is that it probably would. However, I spent close to a week getting a range expander to work on the network and I am unwilling to mess that up. I am not an expert on these things but have learned alot in the process that once you get something to work, don't touch it!
As I mentioned previously, Live Search did not work with WM5 on my home network either. During a hard reset, I investigated possible conflicting programs. I only have the PHM Registry Editor, Yahoo 2 Go!, and that Invaders trial game loaded as extra programs and with all of them gone, Live Search still doens't connect.
This network is about 4 years old. Stupid question but can the WEP key become corrupted? I can't even remember how the key was generated anymore.
Another stupid question. I was thinking of doing a phone update with *228 on VZW. Would this be a bad idea with the helmi_c WM6 ROM?