From: Vaughn Corden (vaughn_at_corden.com)
Date: Wed Jan 05 2005 - 23:12:06 PST
Craig,
That's very interesting and I was certainly wondering if it was an
Express Base Station issue, too, except that I found the following web
page today (http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~ngc/eng/newtwave.htm - Is this
Hiroshi's page?), it states the following..
Test Result with AirPort Express Base Station
09/21/2004
I have tested my driver with AirPort Express Base Station.
[Test Equipment]
Newton: MessagePad 2100 (2000 upgraded)
AirPort BaseStion: AirPort Software 4.0.1
*** Test1
WaveLAN card: Buffalo PCM-WLI-L11 (Lucent/Agere chip-set)
WEP: Yes, 128bits ASCII (13 chars)
Without DHCP: success
With DHCP: success
*** Test2
WaveLAN card: Planex GW-NS11H (Prism 3.0 chip-set)
WEP: Yes, 128bit ASCII (13 chars, same as test1)
Without DHCP: success
With DHCP: fail
When I read this I ruled out my Express Base Station as the culprit,
but your experience certainly implies otherwise. There have been
firmware updates for the Express Bases Station since 9/21/04, so
perhaps that's the issue. Unless other users are using their updated
Express Base Stations...
- Vaughn
On Jan 5, 2005, at 10:20 PM, Craig Smith wrote:
> In a previous message Vaughn Corden wrote:
> From: Vaughn Corden <vaughn_at_corden.com>
> Subject: [NTLK] Wifi Woes
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 20:35:00 -0800
>
> I've made a lot of headway with my new Newton 2100 the last few days in
> almost all respects. Can anyone give me any advice on my last
> outstanding issue?
>
> I still can't get my Lucent Turbo Bronze card to work. I know there's
> been a lot of discussion on this issue with other users, but I haven't
> yet hit on my magic solution.
>
> <snip>
>
> When I tap Connect a couple of windows flash by that say "initializing"
> and "engaging" the ethernet driver and then the "looking for host"
> windows pops up. Finally, I get an error message from Nethopper that
> says "No response from your current DNS server. Check your Internet
> connections or contact the server administrator." Pretty much the same
> thing happens with Newts Cape or Courier.
>
> Based on my limited Newton experience, I can't tell if this is a
> hardware or software issue.
>
> Vaughn,
>
> I have a set-up very similar to yours, a Lucent Turbo Bronze card and
> an Airport Express. I used to have an Airport Graphite base station
> and was able to connect with no problem. When it suddenly died I
> replaced it with an Airport Express and could no longer connect. I
> believe this is a hardware problem and that the Airport Express is the
> culprit. I can still connect when I go to a local coffee shop that has
> free WiFi. In fact I can connect at Starbucks T-Mobile Hot Spot. I'm
> redirected to the T-Mobile log in page but that's as far as I can go
> because Courier doesn't do forms and Newtscape input isn't accepted by
> T-Mobile to get past their security. I would suggest that you try
> connecting at another location if possible. If you are able to do so
> successfully I think its a pretty safe bet that the Airport Express is
> the cause of the problem. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure
> out how to solve the problem. If anyone is successfully connecting
> with Airport Express I would be interested in knowing which card they
> are using in their Newton.
>
> Craig Smith
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