I have a Buffalo WBMR-G54 wireless router that I'm trying to connect
my IPAQ rx 3715 to. The IPAQ runs windows mobile 2003 SE.

The PDA's wireless icon is flashing at the top of the screen but
that's as far as I seem able to get. I've been into the Settings
menu, got into Configure Wireless Networks where I see my Router which
is marked "available", Networks to Access shows "All available" and
Automatically Connect to non-preferred networks is ticked.

If I go to Configure Network Adaptors it shows:

Connects to the internet
and the following adaptors are shown below
AsyncMAC NDISWAN Miniport, PPTP NDISWAN Miniport, HP IPAQ Wi-Fi
Adaptor, Bluetooth PAN User Driver

I've read and tried everything I can think of and would be very
grateful for some help.

Will

At 14 Jan 2008 19:00:59 +0000 me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:
> I have a Buffalo WBMR-G54 wireless router that I'm trying to connect
> my IPAQ rx 3715 to. The IPAQ runs windows mobile 2003 SE.
>
> The PDA's wireless icon is flashing at the top of the screen but
> that's as far as I seem able to get. I've been into the Settings
> menu, got into Configure Wireless Networks where I see my Router which
> is marked "available", Networks to Access shows "All available" and
> Automatically Connect to non-preferred networks is ticked...
>

> I've read and tried everything I can think of and would be very
> grateful for some help.
>

Can you manually force a connection? (Where it says "available," tap-n-hold,
choose "connect."

If that doesn't work, you mibght check the router's settings to see if it
disallows 802.11b connections (for increeased speed, the router might be
set to "G" only. You want "B&G" or "compatiblity mode."

Failing that, it just might be a compatibility "bug." I used to use a D-
Link router that just plain refused to connect with my Dell Axim X5. I
downloaded new firmware for the router from D-Link's website and never had
the problem again. You might try and see if there's new firmware available
for your router.

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:00:59 +0000, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>I have a Buffalo WBMR-G54 wireless router that I'm trying to connect
>my IPAQ rx 3715 to. The IPAQ runs windows mobile 2003 SE.

What kind of security are you using on the router? If you're using WAP
encryption, that is likely the problem; I'm pretty sure WM 2003 does
not support it (it does support WEP). If you're using MAC address
filtering and haven't added the address for your iPAQ's wireless, that
would surely cause problems. I definitely recommend using the
strongest security available, although connecting a new device can be
a pain.



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Thank you both for your help. I succeeded in the end!

Annoyingly, my problem turned out to be an incorrectly entered WEP
key, I think.



On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:00:59 +0000, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>I have a Buffalo WBMR-G54 wireless router that I'm trying to connect
>my IPAQ rx 3715 to. The IPAQ runs windows mobile 2003 SE.
>
>The PDA's wireless icon is flashing at the top of the screen but
>that's as far as I seem able to get. I've been into the Settings
>menu, got into Configure Wireless Networks where I see my Router which
>is marked "available", Networks to Access shows "All available" and
>Automatically Connect to non-preferred networks is ticked.
>
>If I go to Configure Network Adaptors it shows:
>
>Connects to the internet
>and the following adaptors are shown below
>AsyncMAC NDISWAN Miniport, PPTP NDISWAN Miniport, HP IPAQ Wi-Fi
>Adaptor, Bluetooth PAN User Driver
>
>I've read and tried everything I can think of and would be very
>grateful for some help.
>
>Will
>