Do you remember if WiFi worked right out of the box?

**Frenchy** · 03-29-06, 10:15 PM

I received my third unit a few week ago and didn't try all the features yet. I tried WiFi tonight, Network gets detected but I can't connect to anything at all. I decided to backup and hard reset the Axim. I still can't connect and even following the tutorial I can't. Do you remember yours...

Don't Panic! · 03-29-06, 10:21 PM

I don't have a home network but it worked out the box on my X30/high and X50v at work.

cuongvd · 03-29-06, 10:21 PM

Wifi was the first thing i tried on my Axim. It worked right away.

**Frenchy** · 03-29-06, 10:35 PM

I guess I will get my fourth device soon then. This is a bummer I had put a screen protector on two of them and now I have nothing left. Dell get ready for a call tomorrow... Grrrrr...

03-29-06, 10:51 PM

Sorry Frenchy. Both my x30h and x50v worked right out of the box on my wifi network at home.

MarcFou · 03-29-06, 11:11 PM

Mine didnt work OOB. I had to set up my wireless router to allow more than one DHCP address to be issued (as I have another wireless device). I had to change from open to shared. I am using WEP so I had to set up my Axim to use my SSID + WEP key (since I live in an apt and have 6 other wifi's near me).

Took some work setting everything up :rolling: But after all that it works just fine.

aximbigfan · 03-29-06, 11:30 PM

my x30 worked right out of the box-sorry... have you tryed reflashing it?

chris

03-30-06, 12:10 PM

Mine has never worked, no matter where I am. The unit will be one year old in June. Most recently I was in the Frankfurt and Munich airports, where they have free Wi-FI. The unit showed that I was connected, but I could'nt get anything. I have not taken the time to pursue this with Dell, because I know the first thing they will tell me to do is to perform the ominous hard reset. I think that's the only remedy they know. I am scared to death that if I hard reset, I'll never be able to get back all my stuff, even though I back up everytime I connect. Also, of late my main screen has been flickering. Once I move from the main screen into a program I am fine, no flickering. I must sit down next week with Dell and try to correct all of this. Any thoughts on the flickering screen? Otherwise the unit works great on MS 2003 SE.

psionandy · 03-30-06, 12:19 PM

mine didn't work until i reset the router....

stevenator65 · 03-30-06, 12:35 PM

I had to play w/mine just a bit, then it worked. It's a bit finicky sometimes, but quite reliable. I hope you get yours up and running quickly.

BKF · 03-30-06, 11:56 PM

You might want to see about messing with the router settings before you look at replacing the unit. I too have had it work out of the box, but then certain times not work. Rebooting the router would usually fix it.

Also, make sure you're using the proper WEP/WPA settings, and also make sure you're not blocking MAC addresses (except the ones you put in).

netsyd · 03-31-06, 08:58 AM

Mine (x51v & x50v) worked right out of the box - I put in the WEP Key and done.

Keys to this working for me were the following - Broadcast SSID is turned on, and I only use 64Bit WEP... I have a couple older WiFi cards that don't go above 64Bit. Anyway check your router settings before you send it back. Turn off WEP completely and see what happens, but if it still doesn't connect with WEP off - send that bad boy back.

tgif1386 · 03-31-06, 10:32 AM

Yes, Mine work right away.

wannabesean · 04-01-06, 08:28 PM

Mine worked out of box, I had to use Odessy Client though. I have a WEP key, and for some reason the Dell WLAN utility wouldn't work for it. Lately I have been having a problem with MSN messenger though, it just won't connect. I can get on the internet and browse files off of my desktop computers, I just can't get messenger to work.