Re: [NTLK] Looking for WiFi help.

The only thing I can offer is that the Newton "prefers" channel 6. I have
mine running on channel 2, but I don't have a competing "6" WiFi to
challenge my connection.

You're connecting to the 6 network, so your card is fine as well as your
drivers - don't waste any more time with that.

I would try changing your channel to 6 just to eliminate this possibility.

Best Regards,

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From: newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Cerebus
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 7:54 PM
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Subject: [NTLK] Looking for WiFi help.

I've read everything extant I could find (including a seemingly huge slice
of this list's archives) and tried it all, and I still can't seem to get my
MP2100 connected to *my* WLAN. It joins my neighbor's just fine.

I've got an old Netgear MA401, and both Hiroshi's driver and the Kallisys
extensions, plus all the NIE stuff. I'm in a relatively quiet WiFi
environment. My own WLAN runs without encryption on channel 11, and one
neighbor occupies channels 6, also unencrypted (my cordless phones occupy
channel 1). Occasionally I'll see frames from other stations, but they
aren't common.

No matter what I set in Internet Setup and the card settings, the Newton
binds to the neighbor's network on channel 6. DHCP works fine.
 If I join my laptop to that network and run Escale with Rendezvous enabled,
I can see the station in Dock TCP (though I can't connect; I'll deal with
that later. One problem at a time).

I've tried setting up an ad-hoc network, but I can't get that working
either. My PowerBook works just fine, but the Newton won't join it.

Is the card bad? I don't have a convenient way to test it. Or am I doing
something else wrong? Any additional help beyond what's already online

-- Tim

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