Hi Peggy, I struggled with many of the same things you are struggling with at this time. My struggle seemed to go on forever. My network card didn't work properly till I upgraded to 6.11 but then, who really is to say I could really verify that. My computer tech suggested I delete all configurations pertaining to the wireless network and start again. This is what I did and bingo! It worked best.
Make certain your network card is on. Go to options menu, connectivity menu and wireless menu. You can get there quickly from the main menu by typing o, c, and w. Be sure all configurations you typed in are erased! Go through wireless network till you find the option scan for new wireless network and press enter. Listen to what your BN says! Your unit will find and connect to your network! A configuration will automatically be created! It may read preferred networks but don't look now, look later. Once connected, check your active connection details. The most important number is the Ip address. This has to be right! If it isn't, you won't go anywhere with your wireless connection. You needn't worry about that at this time. Just make certain you can see the IP address. My tech didn't worry about the DNS address. If you see the IP address, try connecting to your favorite web site. If you get on your favorite web site, everything is working. If you don't, connect to you r network with the PC so that you have both your BN and PC connected to your network. Compare IP addresses. If the BN is radically different, you will need to check other settings. You did say you didn't think you needed a WEP code. If you discover you do, write all letters in caps, a through f, and write that code exactly as it was set up. If wep is on and the code isn't correct, you won't connect. To recap, erase existing configurations. Go to options, connectivity and wireless menus. Select scan for new networks or whatever it says. Press enter on that option. Your BN will connect to your network and create a network configuration. Go to active connection details. Make certain the IP address is showing! The other configuration options you outlined are correct. Try connecting to your favorite web site. Should this happen, you are good to go. You may need to reenter the information for your EMAIL account. Erase that too but make certain you understand what needs to go into your new EMAIL account. Erase anything in your unit which discusses directory of services since all of that is out of date. Enter your new EMAIL account information in the Keymail setup menu under Directory of EMAIL accounts. Enter the information that is asked for. Once done, try receiveing your EMAIL. If that happens, you are good to go. At this point, you will need to do some house cleaning and put in some details once everything is working. Go into the connectivity menu and find review existing configurations. Select the one you find pertaining to your present wireless connection. Press backspace with dots 1, 4 to edit this new wireless configuration. You are asked for a name. I named mine the same as the name of my network. I then double checked all other options then I saved the configuration. Go through the connection process to make certain everything still works. When you create a new EMAIL account, you will probably have everything checked and double checked. Go into your account and edit if your EMAIL account isn't correct. I believe someone on this list from PDI said one might have better luck simply scanning for new networks and allowing the configuration to be created automatically. I have found this to be the case. I set up Dar's unit exactly the way I told you only providing her EMAIL information and it took off right away and is still working today. I went to a downtown restaurant and scanned for their network and was able to download my EMAIL and get on web sites from that restaurant. The key is this: if you have existing configurations from other upgrades or from your experimenting, get rid of them and scan for the network. I have found this works best. HTH Jim Aldrich > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:28:36 -0700 >Subject: [Braillenote] Just got my Ambicom, but need help >Hi, all. Well, I'm stymied. I just got my Ambicom card today. We have a >router that we purchased last week, and so we installed it today. I >scanned for a wireless connection and saved what I found. I have my >wireless on. I selected "connect to existing configuration and was told I >was connected. In reviewing my connection details, I show I'm connected, >signal strength is minus 27 dbm (whatever that means). I let it get the ip >address automatically, which it did, and I have a nice big long number >showing. DNS address doesn't have anything showing. When I try to access >a web page, I get the message that the page cannot be foundWhen I try to do >email, I get error pop server, and that number that I got when I was unable >to connect with my old connections when I first upgraded to Keysoft >6.X. So obviously I'm not connecting to the net. I looked through old >wireless messages that I'd saved, and saw things about "browse entire >network" in the file manager, but I don't see any such choice in my file >manager. So obviously I didn't set something up right either in my router >or my connection or something. Now I'm reviewing my connection. It has >"wireless ethernet network connection" under device to use. The SSID, >which I let it detect automatically, is linksys (the type of router I >have). Use infrastructure mode is yes. Use shared authentication is >no. Use WEP is no (should it be yes?). Then it says 802.1x (not sure what >that refers to). Authentication level is 0. Obtain an ip address >automatically is yes. Use a proxy server for this connection is no. >I read the manual before getting all this stuff and thought I understood >it, and intend to read it again. But not really understanding how wireless >works, I'm not sure what settings I might need to change. >Can anyone help? >Peggy The Perplexed >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac >MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
