wi fi connection - home network

[touchcruise]

Hi all from a new Touch Cruise user.

I've got a problem with my wi-fi network, not directly rated to this thread, but close enough.

I can connect to the Internet ok via my HTC on my home wi-fi network, but I can't open a path to my NAS or desktop PC. However, if I change my connection settings to 'Work' instead of 'Internet', I can get to my shared folders, but not the Internet (if I go to a web page, it just connects to GPRS).

Has anyone any ideas how I can use both the Internet and open network paths over my network without changing the connection settings each time please? This worked fine on my Windows 2003 pocket PC!

Thanks

[bruisah]

Originally Posted by dmr54

Try changing the channel number to 10 or 11 this fixed a nuber of connection issues I had on my BT HomeHub, some devices were fine others were pants or would not connect, all good now though. Oh and of course try giving the router a reboot which I am sure you have but that often fixes odd things like this

Good point,

Some devices don't like to use channels 11-13

Something else you can try is to disable WEP on the router and see if the Orbit works. If it still doesn't work, you can then move onto a different tree and start barking...

Is the WEP Key input in WM case sensitive? I vaguely remember having a MS related issue here... Try putting the key all in lowercase, or all in uppercase...

Regards,

A.

[bruisah]

Originally Posted by touchcruise

Hi all from a new Touch Cruise user.

I've got a problem with my wi-fi network, not directly rated to this thread, but close enough.

I can connect to the Internet ok via my HTC on my home wi-fi network, but I can't open a path to my NAS or desktop PC. However, if I change my connection settings to 'Work' instead of 'Internet', I can get to my shared folders, but not the Internet (if I go to a web page, it just connects to GPRS).

Has anyone any ideas how I can use both the Internet and open network paths over my network without changing the connection settings each time please? This worked fine on my Windows 2003 pocket PC!

Thanks

This is a bit of pantsness on the part of Microsoft.

I've had exactly the same problem. I'm not entirely sure how to fix it, but I went into the WiFi settings, and configured the 'Network Adapters' section so that that 'My network card connects to:' Work.

Then I went to the Connections Settings window, selected the 'Advanced' tab, and clicked the 'Select Networks' button.

I made sure that the top setting was configured to connect to the Work network, while the bottom setting connects thruogh dial up (in my case, my Bluetooth modem).

This worked for me, but it involved a lot of fumbling about, and trial and error...

HTH.

A.

[touchcruise]

Thanks for the help bruisah - unfortunately mine still isn't playing ball
I'll keep trying and will let the forum know if I have any further luck!