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kdgweb · 06-14-04, 08:22 AM

This is my first post and I'm an absolute newbie with PDAs, so I'd be grateful for your grace and a step by step guide to getting myself out of the situation I'm in!

I am trying to hook up my X3 with my Dell Inspiron 500m laptop which has Centrino mobile technology. I have a colleague who knows his networking and seems to have set everything in place but one thing is mystifying us.

In the bottom right corner of the Today screen, you have the little icons for Bluetooth and wireless. Fine. If I press the shortcut button to the far right, the wireless devices say they are enabling. Bluetooth comes on, the WLAN utility seems to come on. Two blue lights at the top. All fine. However, the WLAN won't connect.

If I tap the WLAN icon, the client says "Radio disabled". Now I'm pretty sure that it needs to be enabled for this to work but we can't seem to get it going. If I click tools, it says "Disable radio" and its greyed out.

Here's the really dense bit. I am pretty sure that it was working when I first got it and that, somehow, I disabled it. We just can't figure out how we are supposed to enable it again.

Can anyone walk this particular idiot through?

06-14-04, 08:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
kdgweb Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Axim X3, wireless access and 'radio disabled' messages This is my first post and I'm an absolute newbie with PDAs, so I'd be grateful for your grace and a step by step guide to getting myself out of the situation I'm in! I am trying to hook up my X3 with my Dell Inspiron 500m laptop which has Centrino mobile technology. I have a colleague who knows his networking and seems to have set everything in place but one thing is mystifying us. In the bottom right corner of the Today screen, you have the little icons for Bluetooth and wireless. Fine. If I press the shortcut button to the far right, the wireless devices say they are enabling. Bluetooth comes on, the WLAN utility seems to come on. Two blue lights at the top. All fine. However, the WLAN won't connect. If I tap the WLAN icon, the client says "Radio disabled". Now I'm pretty sure that it needs to be enabled for this to work but we can't seem to get it going. If I click tools, it says "Disable radio" and its greyed out. Here's the really dense bit. I am pretty sure that it was working when I first got it and that, somehow, I disabled it. We just can't figure out how we are supposed to enable it again. Can anyone walk this particular idiot through?