I have a home wireless connection that I recently installed. I know it is installed correctly because I can use it with my laptop. However, I am having trouble using it with my HP iPAQ h2215 Pocket PC, which has a SanDisk CompactFlash WiFi card. The screen says it is connected, but when I try to do anything that involves accessing the Internet, it tells me the page cannot be accessed (see attached screenshots).



One thing that I want to mention, just in case, is that the wireless router that I am trying to connect to says that it can do wireless A and G, while the wireless CompactFlash card I am using with my iPAQ says 802.11b. I figured that if the wireless router can handle up to G it could also handle B, even though it doesn't specifically mention it. If someone could please help me with this, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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First please post images to the binaries news group. That will help folks on
low speed connections.. Thanks...

Make sure the wireless access point is operating in either an 802.11b only
mode or a mixed 802.11b/g/a mode. If the wireless access point is in an
802.11a or 802.11g only mode the PocketPC will not be able to connect.

Beyond that see the general troubleshooting section on this page for more
help including the all important connection manager...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/WM2003/WirelessConnectivity/WiFiHelp.html

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"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I have a home wireless connection that I recently installed. I know it is
installed correctly because I can use it with my laptop. However, I am
having trouble using it with my HP iPAQ h2215 Pocket PC, which has a SanDisk
CompactFlash WiFi card. The screen says it is connected, but when I try to
do anything that involves accessing the Internet, it tells me the page
cannot be accessed (see attached screenshots).



One thing that I want to mention, just in case, is that the wireless router
that I am trying to connect to says that it can do wireless A and G, while
the wireless CompactFlash card I am using with my iPAQ says 802.11b. I
figured that if the wireless router can handle up to G it could also handle
B, even though it doesn't specifically mention it. If someone could please
help me with this, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotmail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/

Nathan,

You need to make sure your router explicitly states it can handle 802.11b. Just because it can handle G does not mean it can handle B. There are several such routers on the market including those from Linksys, Buffalo and others.

Assuming for a minute that it can handle B, in your router's DHCP table, are you seeing an IP address being assigned for your iPaq? It could be that your configuration of the WiFi card in the device is not getting an IP address - and that will get you positively nowhere.

Hope this helps,


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"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OK1A8kcEGHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
I have a home wireless connection that I recently installed. I know it is installed correctly because I can use it with my laptop. However, I am having trouble using it with my HP iPAQ h2215 Pocket PC, which has a SanDisk CompactFlash WiFi card. The screen says it is connected, but when I try to do anything that involves accessing the Internet, it tells me the page cannot be accessed (see attached screenshots).



One thing that I want to mention, just in case, is that the wireless router that I am trying to connect to says that it can do wireless A and G, while the wireless CompactFlash card I am using with my iPAQ says 802.11b. I figured that if the wireless router can handle up to G it could also handle B, even though it doesn't specifically mention it. If someone could please help me with this, I would appreciate it. Thanks.
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Nathan Sokalski
njsokalski@hotmail.com
http://www.nathansokalski.com/