Hi Jim, I have a qt so not sure how you enter the numbers with a bt, whether computer braille or just what, but I suspect you would use dots 2 and 3 for the number two etc. As for spaces, there should not be any. The code could look something like this and you would substitute your own code of course.
cbf1234567 that is, no spaces or other characters. The code will show after you enter it, this is normal. It is, of course, the same code you entered in your router. It's really hard to know what settings you need in your bn as they really depend on what settings you have set for security in your router. Your firewall, if you have one in the router, really shouldn't make any difference by itself. I have the firewall feature in my linksys router on which is the default and there is no problem. BTW, the wep code will always appear if you review the configuration settings for that connection. This is not particularly serious though since the code is unique to your network and can only be accessed by a wireless device within range of your router. As far as the wireless settings go, I have everything set to the bn default values except for turning on wep and entering the same code I used to set up wep in the router itself. What I would do is to turn off security in the router for a few minutes and let the bn find it and establish a connection. Then, disconnect from the router and turn on wep on both the router and the bn making sure the codes match. Unless you need or want greater security in the router for a wireless connection, this will probably work okay. If you have any other security features set in your router, you will need to match them with those in the bn. Remember, the router may actually be capable of establishing a higher level of security than the bn is capable of matching, so you need to find a happy medium between the two. This is because the bn is capable of using a certain network protocol while many routers are capable of using more advanced protocols. Hope this makes some sense. Don On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:46:39 -0800, James Aldrich wrote: Hello Don and list, Here's how things stand at this time! I successfully created a dial up connection configuration which works quite well. I of course prefer DSL so haven't used the dial up option often. So far, so good! I received my new ambicom card yesterday. I was able to have the card detect my DSL network and it connected. I got a signal strength of minus 20 to minus 50 depending on where I was in my house when I checked the signal strength. I assume the lower numbers represent a stronger signal where the higher numbers represent a weaker signal since we are reading minus numbers. I didn't see this covered in the documentation. The BN recognized my network and connected under the proper SSID name. When I tried to go onto a web site, I got server cannot be found messages. I received some 10002 or so message when I attempted to check Email. I read documentation and played the better part of last night trying to get the wireless connection operational! I of course tried to find answers as to what I really needed to get things going! I attended a funeral service with a friend of mine who happens to be a computer tech. I took my BN with me and we reviewed the configuration that I had in place at that time while heading to the service. He suggested I turn WEP on or change it to yes. I looked in a file where I wrote some passwords down which would access my network. After coming home, I wrote down the WEP Key I was given by him. I noticed I could still read what I put down. It didn't turn into stars as do other password codes. I still could connect to the network, but that's all I could do! We then called Tech Support at Humanware. He suggested we turn off all fire walls and other security options on the network. While my friend was doing this, we lost the tech support person at Humanware. He didn't call back! Once all network security options were disabled, I was able to go on line and get the PDI web sight with my BN on the wireless connection! This was truly wonderful, but then I didn't have any network security. My friend and I concluded we have an authentication problem with the BN under 6.1. My friend asked me how I was suppose to write the WEP Key code down? I wasn't able to find an answer in the documentation to that question. The code I was given is ten characters, some letters were together as were some numbers and sometimes letters and numbers were together. This is suppose to be written in hexe code and the Humanware tech support person suggested we stay with that format rather than attempt to write the ascii equivalent letters and numbers. These ten characters were divided in groups of two separated by a colon originally. I typed this in as it was given to me and the BN said this was an unauthorized WEP Key. We then separated the characters with spaces and got the same result. I wrote these characters together without colons or spaces and I didn't get the unauthorized wep key message but I could still see what I wrote in that field. It didn't turn into stars as other pass codes normally do. I mentioned to my friend there was some kind of rom upgrade for my DSL unit. We spent the better part of the afternoon upgrading my DSL Network unit. Three or four computers access my network without any problems. The BN cannot access my DSL wireless network! I have taken my card out of my BN and I'll wait patiently for 6.11 to see whether this upgrade will solve this issue! Then again, if someone out there knows how to properly write the WEP Key Code in Hexe, I will give it a try! I am pleased with what I was able to accomplish thus far! I'm disappointed for not being able to use my BN on a wireless connection! I'm pleased with what I accomplished thus far, yet I'm disappointed I'm not upstairs writing this Email from my easy chair where I would be very comfortable as I write! I'm looking forward to getting my BN to work with a wireless connection! Thank you so much for all the help you have given me! Jim Aldrich ! 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