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Clarify advice in FAQ/Tutorial? (SSID & ActiveSync q's)
Just installed my new Socket CF WiFi card (ordered last Friday, delivered yesterday, and as of the weekend, end-of-life hardware[according to Socket's Website] - ******* marvellous!). Couldn't get it to work unless the Netgear AP broadcasts SSID. FAQ states that as a security measure, disable broadcasting of SSID. But various other posts seem to suggest that doing this breaks WiFi connection. Is there a concensus on this? (e.g. how many other people find that disabling SSID broadcasts breaks WiFi connectivity?). Even with SSID being broadcast, as long as MAC security and 128-bit WEP encryption are enabled, it's still pretty secure.... yes..??
Second - although I got Internet browsing working (finally), I couldn't get a Sync working over WiFi. A colleague suggested setting Connections to Work, Work, Work (as I have also just found in the FAQ - whoops). I had Internet, Work, Work. But whilst fiddling, and what's not in the FAQ, is what are the KEY differences (as far as the Axim is concerned) between Work, Internet, or any new profile that you create....?
And on the subject of the Sync - how does the Axim find the IP address of the partnership PC? The Axim ActiveSync config has the PC name in it... does it use a WINS broadcast or something? Or has the Axim's ActiveSync config somehow captured the IP address of the PC?
Thanks,
P.
Last edited by pawhe : 01-28-04 at 07:27 AM.
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