problem connecting to Wi-Fi

[Lp_6700]

when im at my girlfriends place she's the only network i can get so the PPC works fine online....

but when im at work and home... there are so many networks it just keeps showing the "Searching Network" status then tries to connect to my wireless network but NOTHING....

any ideas...


Toronto's downtown has a complete wireless network but theres just so many signals nothing seems to happen when i try to connect..


thanx again for any help~!!!

[sdawson]

Have you tried making it a preferred network by adding it to the LEAP in the wifi settings?

Go Settings -> Connections -> Wireless Lan and select the LEAP tab.

Enter the details of the wireless lan you actually want to connect to, then it should connect automatically when you're in range.

[ImCoKeMaN]

When i was having this problem i just deleted all the other connections. It seems like it tries each one of your connections that is in it's memory in order rather than just looking at the new ones. This let it time out before the 2 minutes i had set to make the wi-fi turn off. I deleted all the connections i wasn't using and it was able to get the news ones after that (at least most of the time)

[BakCompat]

hmm, when i am in range of multiple wifi spots, if the signal is fluctuating on the one it is trying to connect to such that it loses connection, it appears to cycle down to the next one on the list. If you are not actually viewing the wifi properties during this sequence, it might appear to you as if it is perpetually trying to connect to the same AP. Priority could be the key here.

First off, try all the obvious stuff.. Make sure that your wifi power meter is turned up to the max out put (higher battery drain) and either delete all the other APs on your list, or try forcing a manual connect from the exact AP that you want to connect to. Once you have made a successful connection, it will remain in your settings for future useage in that AP.

An alternative thing to consider here is proximity to the AP. If you are trying it in a downtown area and not in a residential building, then you might be faced with "big ears, small mouth" syndrome. This is not altogether too uncommon. If this is the case, then it means the APs are blaring out at a massive mW output, so you can easily "hear" them, but thanks to the small antenna and significantly smaller radio output of your ppc, it is having trouble "talking" back to them.

Most residential APs tend to be in the range of 60-120 mW. pcmcia cards are usually 40 mW or so.

Commercial grade gear will usually run 500+ mW and have rather larger enhanced antenna gear.


Give the prioritization trick a try and let us know if it works out for you.. If all else fails, you can try doing a hard reset, restoring to official Sprint rom, and then connecting to that one single AP you have been having trouble with and see if that doesn't do it.

[silver-eagle]

The problem I had was it could identify the network, but not connect. I narrowed it down to my home network being upgraded to just wireless-G. When I enabled wireless-B, it would connect again.
Other choices just mentioned, define the network.

[BakCompat]

well, in my experience it always seems to be the little/obvious things! Thankfully, it was something simple like this and not a hardware glitch.