But where is the window on your PPC that shows what is available? I haven't been able to find it. Nothing just comes up automatically, and if I start poking around in settings it wants me to enter telephone numbers, or asks if I am at work, or whatever. I have WiFi at home and sometimes the PPC works, sometimes not. I know the WiFi is working because my desktop computer and laptop computer use it.
But where is the window on your PPC that shows what is available?
The first time you turn WiFi on around a new network, a popup window will appear asking if you want to connect. If you say yes, it will ask if the network connects to Work or the Internet. Normally you would select 'Work' here (in effect, it really means Network) and the connection will be established. If the network has security (WEP or WPA), it will ask you for the key.
Once that has happened the first time, each subsequent time you are within range of the network when you turn on WiFi, it will just go ahead and connect. The Advanced page in the WLAN will show you if you've obtained a valid IP.
If you get an error when opening IE, go into the connection settings and make sure both drop down lists are set to Work and that there is nothing in the proxy field.
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But where is the window on your PPC that shows what is available? I haven't been able to find it. Nothing just comes up automatically, and if I start poking around in settings it wants me to enter telephone numbers, or asks if I am at work, or whatever. I have WiFi at home and sometimes the PPC works, sometimes not. I know the WiFi is working because my desktop computer and laptop computer use it.
(This is assuming you are using WM2003, since you didn't say what you were using, other than PPC. In your signature you say you have an X5. Does it have WiFI? The X50v and X51v do, but otherwise you would need a CF card to add WiFi to your device. )
On the Today screen, click on the WiFi Bars icon. (You can also get to this app by clicking Start->Settings->Connections->Dell WLAN Utility)
Then, you should see a screen that says WLAN Utility on the top.
At the bottom are tabs.
Click on the Site tab.
You will see a list of all the hotspots in range.
If it has a lock symbol next to it, then it uses WEP or WPA.
If it has a check mark, then it is open.
To connect, click on the Main tab, and click on the Setting button.
Click and hold on one of the sites on the list and select Connect.
However, even if it is open, you still may have to pay to use it. Most pay sites will require you to open your browser and it will automatically display it's sign on page.
If you want to install a application that will graphically show the in range access points, there is WiFiGraph (free) which I use: http://www.kasuei.com/wifigraph/
> This is assuming you are using WM2003, since you didn't say what
> you were using, other than PPC. In your signature you say you have
> an X5. Does it have WiFI?
I've had an X5 since day 1, and I bought a CF WiFi card for it. It is almost impossible to get it to connect to the internet, although on a couple of occasions I have gotten it to. I started on WM2002 but now it is on 2003 and I don't think my card's drivers are compatible. I've followed Ikehikers tutorial for WiFi and up to a point I can follow, but the drivers for the CF card don't provide anything that shows what networks are available.
In my household we also have an HP h1910 (WM2002 and no ability at all for WiFi), an hp h4150 (WM2003 and builtin WiFi), and an HP hx4700 (WM2003SE and builtin WiFi). It is the 2 HP's that I have problems connecting with. They don't have anything like the WLAN utility described.
As far as I can tell from the iPaq manuals, they just use the WM connection managers which are pretty minimalistic. You might try WiFiFoFum or Socket’s WiFi Companion with your iPaqs. I usually don’t mention them here since, as far as I’m concerned, they are superfluous when the Dell WLAN does everything you need.
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> This is assuming you are using WM2003, since you didn't say what
> you were using, other than PPC. In your signature you say you have
> an X5. Does it have WiFI?
I've had an X5 since day 1, and I bought a CF WiFi card for it. It is almost impossible to get it to connect to the internet, although on a couple of occasions I have gotten it to. I started on WM2002 but now it is on 2003 and I don't think my card's drivers are compatible. I've followed Ikehikers tutorial for WiFi and up to a point I can follow, but the drivers for the CF card don't provide anything that shows what networks are available.
In my household we also have an HP h1910 (WM2002 and no ability at all for WiFi), an hp h4150 (WM2003 and builtin WiFi), and an HP hx4700 (WM2003SE and builtin WiFi). It is the 2 HP's that I have problems connecting with. They don't have anything like the WLAN utility described.
Try WiFiGraph or WiFiFoFum, and let us know how it works on the HP.
it's REALLY a matter of location; trends spread; when i road-tripped through, ca, or, wa, up to canada i did a lot of wardriving; anyway, if you live in portland or seattle there's so many hotspots you'll get cancer just living there :)
elsewhere, the "pay to surf" is the trend, which of course blows; apparently where you live there aren't many; i'm gonna go out on a limb and say you don't live in a major city :) basically, if you don't have them, you don't, you're just fucked; one major misconception is that a few wifi points can blanket a landscape when in reality the range of each hotspot is VERY small, federally regulated in fact
I switch my x51v on, turn on wireless, see what is offered and voila I connect or not. That is simple. So, I am wondering why I need Wififofum. What does it do for me? Will it help me connect easier, cheaper or faster? Or even at all? Sorry, not being facetious, just wondering if it is worth installing and taking up space on my PDA.
Thanks
I didn't see an answer for this question in this thread. I've been wondering this myself. Any answers for a noob?
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I didn't see an answer for this question in this thread. I've been wondering this myself. Any answers for a noob?
Hey,wififofum [played with it for a bit] and socket wifi companion are both third party apps which are meant to compliment the MS wifi utilie. They give you a simple interface to scan for and connect to available networks/hotspots. There is no reason to have them, but I like the availability [turn on wifi from desktop and wifi companion starts automatically, and gives you a notification prompt to let you know if you are connected, or if there are networks available to connect to that need to be configured, and shortcuts to the configuration pages, without having to go through the normal start/settings/connections/wlan process] of options that it offers, without the normal process. Also they don't take up very much space and work just as well installed to card rather than main memory. Wififofum is much larger than wifi companion as it requires .net framework 2 installed as well
Here in greater Orlando Florida I ditched my Blackberry due to the abundance of WiFi hotspots...for example orlando Intl. airport is free, downtown Orlando (near city hall) wifi will be free (thanks to our mayor) in July....we have lots of shops that offer free WiFi and unfortunately there are many many open access points while driving down the main streets.....public schools offer free Wifi....my X51V serves as my laptop and if this continues the way it's going i see a return of the stand alone pocket pc.
thats what you need a bluetooth phone with a tether so yo can al ways use internet.
however, usualy if i need internet its not hard to get. Just turn down a residential street, drive down the road slowly. and within 5 houses your like 90% guaranteed to get internet.
i do that all the time.
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I didn't see an answer for this question in this thread. I've been wondering this myself. Any answers for a noob?
I used Wififofum with my old iPaq2215 and WiFi card. I don't use it with Axim X51v because Dell Wlan utility does the same thing, and more (for me at least).
As for the WiFi hotspots - it's all differs from city to city. Here in Detroit, the free ones are in Panera Bread, some Caribou Coffee shops, public libraries, and in some local downtowns. And in Metro Airport terminals, although signal quality sucks. Starbucks stores provide access but charge for it. Generally speaking, WiFi here not wide spread but accessible.
Some other places I've been to (Sarasota, for example; Boston, etc) seem to have much more free WiFi spots. Some others have very few, or all paid (e.g. Houston International Airport).
Some hotel chains, esp. business hotels, provide WiFi free to their customers. This is why I like to stay in Hampton Inn when I'm on business trips.
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