I need help with WM5's WIFI!!

**ksong12** · 04-13-06, 10:12 AM

I just upgraded my X50v to WM5, and now, I cannot use WIFI! It can connect fine, and the icon on top is like what its supposed to be, but when to go to Internet Explorer, and try and load a page, it says cannot connect.

04-13-06, 10:28 AM

Did you check to see if you had a valid IP? Tried downloading something like vxUTIL and then pinging out to see if you had an internet connection?

stevenator65 · 04-13-06, 10:56 AM

Kevin, why did you upgrade? Roll back today. That's my only advice, otherwise I wish you luck and good fortune. It seems that wm5 just doesn't work well on the x50 series.

**ksong12** · 04-14-06, 09:31 AM

Haesslich, according to my routers configuration thing, I do have a valid ip address (192.168.1.2), and Stevenator, I upgraded before, rolled back, and now, I'm upgrading again. I actually like WM5. For some reason though, WM5 was EXTREMELY fast before.... and now..... its not so fast.... oh well... its not too bad. Oh, and WI-FI worked before in WM5.

jhernand1102 · 04-14-06, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by ksong12

Haesslich, according to my routers configuration thing, I do have a valid ip address (192.168.1.2), and Stevenator, I upgraded before, rolled back, and now, I'm upgrading again. I actually like WM5. For some reason though, WM5 was EXTREMELY fast before.... and now..... its not so fast.... oh well... its not too bad. Oh, and WI-FI worked before in WM5.

Are you using WPA? IF so you will need to use the Odyssey client to make a connection, that the only way I could get it to work.

**ksong12** · 04-15-06, 01:29 PM

Nope, no WPA, not WEP. As I said, I already connected, but Internet Explorer doesn't seem to know that....

ikehiker · 04-15-06, 02:05 PM

You say the router says it has an IP, but does the Axim - you can check in the WLAN on the Advanced page.

If that's OK, in the network settings - Start, Settings, Connections (tab), Connections, Advanced (tab), Select Networks and select "My Work Network" from both of the pull down lists. If you then tap the Edit... button under either list and the Proxy Settings (tab), the top box (This network connects to the Internet) should be checked but leave everything else on this page blank. After tapping OK, make sure both dropdown lists are still set to My Work Network and OK your way back to the Today page and then soft reset.

**ksong12** · 04-16-06, 07:55 AM

Yep, I tried that, and it is a valid IP address.

solara · 04-16-06, 01:03 PM

Some folks have reported that if they turned off the power saving feature for the WLAN, that it helped with some cases of not being able to connect to the web.

**ksong12** · 04-17-06, 05:31 PM

Thanks for all of your help! Yes, solara, power saving has been off, I don't know what I did, but in any case, I can now browse the web. In fact, this post is from my Ax.