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i_am_jim · 11-24-08, 05:28 PM

You folks are really helpful. Please don't give up on me. I really want to make this work.

Update:

I decided I needed to leave the house and go to some local wifi hotspots.

I've learned it does pop up the networks when they're new. I went by a local donut shop that has a hotspot I've used with my laptop several times in the past. It always worked with the laptop. It was on the popup and on the List the signal strength was Normal. But, it would not connect. I kept getting a message saying "Cannot connect with current connection settings."

The only setting I know of to change is the one on this screen:

I've gone here and checked the "This network connects to the Internet" box many times, but every time I go back it's unchecked.

I then went to our local library which has free wifi. Voila!! success. It connected and I was able to log onto their system and surf around. I turned off wifi and the gadget and turned both back on -- it connected to the library network automatically.

I went back to the donut shop. This time it did not pop up. But, it was in the list with the same signal strength. I selected it and tapped OK, but when I tried to use the Internet I got the same error message as above.

Someone said to remove a network from the list I had to go out of range then tap and hold. My home network did not appear in the list after I got out of range.

11-24-08, 05:28 PM	#31 (permalink)
i_am_jim Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 33 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You folks are really helpful. Please don't give up on me. I really want to make this work. Update: I decided I needed to leave the house and go to some local wifi hotspots. I've learned it does pop up the networks when they're new. I went by a local donut shop that has a hotspot I've used with my laptop several times in the past. It always worked with the laptop. It was on the popup and on the List the signal strength was Normal. But, it would not connect. I kept getting a message saying "Cannot connect with current connection settings." The only setting I know of to change is the one on this screen: I've gone here and checked the "This network connects to the Internet" box many times, but every time I go back it's unchecked. I then went to our local library which has free wifi. Voila!! success. It connected and I was able to log onto their system and surf around. I turned off wifi and the gadget and turned both back on -- it connected to the library network automatically. I went back to the donut shop. This time it did not pop up. But, it was in the list with the same signal strength. I selected it and tapped OK, but when I tried to use the Internet I got the same error message as above. Someone said to remove a network from the list I had to go out of range then tap and hold. My home network did not appear in the list after I got out of range. Last edited by i_am_jim; 11-24-08 at 05:33 PM.