maemo.org - Talk - wifi problem

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Originally Posted by Venemo (Post 632079)

Okay, so I think that all I wrote before was some sort of placebo effect.

The N900 still frequently drops connections. Although it reports that it is connected, no data is transferred, and I have to disconnect and connect again. After a random time (usually between a 10 minutes - 1 hour interval) it just stops working again, although it still says that it is connected.

I tried it with both PSM enabled and disabled. The transmission power is set to max for the AP and the N900 as well.

Another issue is, that both my and my brother's laptop sees the WLAN with max signal strength in the house, but the N900 barely recognizes it.

Is there a possibility that I have a faulty WLAN module?

A couple of things to consider;

1. What router are you using?
2. Is the router in a suitable place?

Personally, I would stick with Linksys routers; I have used Netgear & D-Link in the past, and they arent too bad either. Anyway, try this and see how it works:

1. Make sure PSM is turned off. Double check & save the setting, and triple check just incase ;)
2. Switch off wpa on your router. (You should be using wpa or wpa2!)
3. Delete the existing profile on ur n900 & try and connect to your router now; lack of encryption should therefore not ask you for a password.

See how that goes :)

P.S - If the above method works, I would then highly suggest turning on ur wpa / wpa2 encryption; otherwise anyone can snoop on ur wlan :)