Problem Browsing Wireless on Mobilepro 770

Good Idea C:Amie, this is an IP Address, if the problem was in DNS, will open HPC Factor Website
If the problem was with Network, error too

Thanks, Aimee.

I could not go to the site you suggested.

I brought the 770 to work where we have an open network, and where I have no problem connecting with my Palm using DHCP and the same Socket CF card.

I set the config to DHCP on the 770, took out the card, did a soft reset, reinserted the card. It could not retrieve DHCP addresses.

Last night, I did the same thing at home, and it WAS able to retrieve the addresses, but still could not load any webpages.

Maybe the 770 simply does not play nicely with this card?

At home, the pinging tests seemed strange. First couple of test would show "Host not found", then I would get a decent test, then some bad ones, and then again "Host not found", and it would stay that way.

Is there an alternative driver to try with the Socket card? I'm using the driver from the HPC factor compatibility list.

Jodi

Look at your CF Slot pins.

I had a problem with my CF Slot because it doesn't have the pin 24....

Give a Look!

Okay, I looked at http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/peripherals/cfwirelesslan.htm

and in Socket, Chris H. lists CE 2.11 and above for working OS's, so "it should work," as they say.

Jake

what are the numbers instead of the asterisks (***)?
can you try entering a second dns which would be the gateway itself: 192.168.0.1.

if you enable DHCP, what IP do you get?

oh and it is not "Aimee", it is "C:Amie"



the router can use (almost) any address it wants to. mine is on 192.168.1.254 by default

Edited by cmonex 2006-05-26 4:24 PM

192.168.050



192.168.0.103

Also, with DHCP, the Gateway and DNS were the same.


Do you mean that I should try the gateway, primary and secondary DNS numbers all the same? I think I did, but I'll try again.



Strike 2!

It occurs to me that your static IP should have four slots of numbers (eg: 192.168.1.020). Yours only lists three (192.168.050). Is that a typo?

Jake

Yes, it's a typo:

192.168.0.50

I wasn't going to say anything about getting me name wrong... for some reason so many people do...

Don't set your router to the secondary IP, put your ISP's Primary DNS in as your LANs secondary... however, if the HPC:Factor IP address didn't work, none of this will do you any good what so ever.

Assuming your device isn't sourcing a proxy server, then chances are you've hit a rather common 2.11 problem. Try removing the PCMCIA.dll. If necesary for testing, ActiveSync backup your H/PC, then hard reset it, drop the device drivers onto it on their own and give it another try.

If you get no-where, just restore the backup file. Otherwise, rebuild the device.

Info on what hard resetting does if you are unsure can be found in the support section.

Well, I did a hard reset, installed only the Socket CF driver, managed to surf to one webpage, and that was it. No more pages would load.

I went ahead and reinstalled all my updates and patches, couldn't surf.

This morning, without making any changes, I once again got to one website, and that was it.

I may decide to invest in a Orinoco Gold PC card, and see if that is any better.

Thanks for everyone's help. This is a fantastic site.

Jodi

Hum.. I wonder.

Remove the Card. Turn the device on. Bring up PIE and drop a URL into the address bar and get ready to hit Enter on it. Put the NIC in, agree to power it up, count to 5 and hit enter on the address bar. Did the page load?
If it stops, eject the card, put it back in and repeat. Does it work?

Hey! The first time it didn't work. The second time it did, though it took at least 2 minutes, maybe 3. What does this mean to you?

Thanks again.

I have a Socket LPE, and it will work in short bouts for a couple of minutes after insertion then die completely until it's put back into the system and taken a random amount of time to reinitialise.

I've never got to the bottom of it. Socket told me to RMA it, but I never did because it was already outside of the warranty period. Can you reproduce a similar sort of pattern to mine?

ohhh... i should test mine... i didnt try it for too long just tested if it worked...

It does seem sort of similar. If I leave it in, it won't work twice. If I take it out and reinsert in MIGHT work once.

The thing is it works great in my little Palm, but those drivers were developed by the makers of the PDA specfically for that card.

Thanks.