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barry99705 2007-09-25 05:08
Re: N800 - Wifi problem. Cannot detect router at home
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by merovingian (Post 77544)
Ok, this is so wicked. I did a test by walking around my house with the N800 searching for access points and 3 houses before mine, maybe less than 50 feet away, all the access points disappear. I backtrack a few feet and i can locate several SSID's in the neighbourhood. Basicall as i am walking towards my house, i get to a certain point and the the N800 just goes "wifi blind".

So the problem is not the N800, but there is something that kills it from finding any access points less than 50 feet from the steps of my house. What the heck? COuld it be the powerlines, some bad "juju", nextel phones with all their buzzing radiations...i know i'm grasping at straws here, but i am so darned frustrated !!
The only way i can browse the web in my house is through bluetooth.


Regarding your request as to the MAC addresses of the access points, what can you tell from the MAC addresses?
Their manufacturer.

merovingian 2007-09-25 06:09
Re: N800 - Wifi problem. Cannot detect router at home
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by barry99705 (Post 77561)
Their manufacturer.
Some success !!!

I don't know what i did but i was playing with MaemoFTP, and it froze the N800. So i turn it off and back on, and when i tried to choose connection, it listed the 2 routers in my house, one with a WEP password and one without. At first it wouldn't connect to either, i had to repeat the steps a few times and it finally connected to the router without any password. Okay, i'm fine with that.

A bit of a bummer, the router with the WEP password is my "main" router (hence the security) via which i have things like file/printer sharing between my iMac and HP Media Center PC configured , UPnP and so forth. So for now, no media streaming until i can get it to connect.

Weird thing is even as it is connected via WLAN to a router, when i try to select connection to see which SSID's it can find, it doesn't even list any... my oh my.

Anyway, these are the MAC addresses of the routers:

1. 00-12-0E-63-D3-92
2. 00-18-4D-18-7A-7C

TA-t3 2007-09-25 09:55
Re: N800 - Wifi problem. Cannot detect router at home
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by merovingian (Post 77562)
Anyway, these are the MAC addresses of the routers:

1. 00-12-0E-63-D3-92
2. 00-18-4D-18-7A-7C
http://www.coffer.com/mac_find/ (enter only the first 6 chars)
1. AboCom
2. Netgear

Texrat 2007-09-25 13:24
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Milhouse (Post 77522)
I've also been questioning why anyone should bother investing their own time with an outfit like Nokia who care more about keeping secrets than open and transparent communication, and I've yet to come up with a good answer. :(
Pay and benefits are very, very good.

Oh! You mean customers. :p

Milhouse 2007-09-25 16:32
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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 77601)
Oh! You mean customers. :p
Yes those annoying, whinging buggers who provide your pay and rations! ;)

I think I'm turning into a seriously grumpy old git... I might be having a mid life crisis! :)

Garage Battle 2007-09-25 17:46
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ive seen WEP routers not getting along with the tablet.

you need to get that system monitor program, that shows you a graph of your CPU usage and net activity in the top right corner. that thing is the shiz.

barry99705 2007-09-25 18:59
Re: N800 - Wifi problem. Cannot detect router at home
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by merovingian (Post 77562)
Some success !!!

I don't know what i did but i was playing with MaemoFTP, and it froze the N800. So i turn it off and back on, and when i tried to choose connection, it listed the 2 routers in my house, one with a WEP password and one without. At first it wouldn't connect to either, i had to repeat the steps a few times and it finally connected to the router without any password. Okay, i'm fine with that.

A bit of a bummer, the router with the WEP password is my "main" router (hence the security) via which i have things like file/printer sharing between my iMac and HP Media Center PC configured , UPnP and so forth. So for now, no media streaming until i can get it to connect.

Weird thing is even as it is connected via WLAN to a router, when i try to select connection to see which SSID's it can find, it doesn't even list any... my oh my.

Anyway, these are the MAC addresses of the routers:

1. 00-12-0E-63-D3-92
2. 00-18-4D-18-7A-7C
You do know wep can be cracked in about 2 minutes right?

Darius2006 2007-09-25 23:17
Re: N800 - Wifi problem. Cannot detect router at home
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by merovingian (Post 76825)
Hello folks,
Just got a Nokia N800 yesterday and have been having fun with it via bluetooth with my Sprint Treo 700Wx and with wifi hotspots at school and work.

Problem is, i get home and the N800 does not detect any WLAN's even though there are at least 2 around the premises. The routers work fine as i am on my laptop right now and even my younger one is playing his Nintendo DS Lite online.

I have absolutely no idea what the problem could be. I used it at work earlier in the day and it was detecting WLAN's right and left, but when i get home it doesn't. I have restarted my router, changed the channel, turnd WEP/WPA on and off all to no avail.

Any help is appreciated, please !!
Try to install Kismet to let it scan for wireless pockets.

Darius

rm -rf 2007-09-26 01:21
Re: N800 - Wifi problem. Cannot detect router at home
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by merovingian (Post 77544)
..... i get to a certain point and the the N800 just goes "wifi blind".....but there is something that kills it from finding any access points less than 50 feet from the steps of my house. What the heck? Could it be the powerlines, some bad "juju", nextel phones with all their buzzing radiations...i know i'm grasping at straws here, but i am so darned frustrated !!
I tired something similar last night. I re-enabled 'N' on my WiFi AP, so it was configured for N & G. The N800 went blind. I walked out to the street, about 30 ft from the AP, and the N800 started to see the local neighborhood AP's, and my own 'N' AP. I connected to my N AP without a problem and walked back into the house next to the AP. The N800 maintained a connection. When I tried to reconnect to the N AP while in the house, the N800 went blind again. Walking back out to at least 30ft from the AP allowed the N800 to connect to the N AP. So if I stay far enough away from the N AP, it works. When I get close, if is already connected, it stays connected, but it can't reconnect.

Of course when I switched the AP back to G-only mode, the N800 could connect no matter where I was.

So maybe there is something nearby that prevents the N800 from seeing WiFi. If not an N access point, perhaps something else that generates enough 2.4 ghz noise to muck up the N800.

merovingian 2007-09-26 02:23
Re: N800 - Wifi problem. Cannot detect router at home
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by barry99705 (Post 77664)
You do know wep can be cracked in about 2 minutes right?
I know that, but there's a certain person with a Nintendo DS Lite which doesn't work with WPA or WPA2. So it's either no security or "some" security, WEP.


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