Bug in wireless configuration for Win Mobile 2003 SE?

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Interesting...On my iPAQ 5555 that is also grayed out and checked. I connect just fine using WPA-PSK
(TKIP) to a Buffalo WBR-G54.

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"Gillian" <gkerr@realworldsystems.net> wrote in message
news:e2xRxiFuEHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I just got an Ipaq 4700 and am having intermittent connection problems with my wireless access
>point. The tech support for my Buffalo Airstation told me to disable the EAP authentication
>checkmark in the network adapter tab. (I'm using WPA-PSK TKIP). Windows Mobile 2003 will not allow
>me to disable EAP - it has a greyed out checkmark. According to Microsoft and HP documentation, I
>should be able to disable EAP authentication while using WPA-PSK TKIP. In my laptop computer I can
>easily uncheck it.
>
> The result is that my Ipaq gets disconnected every 3 minutes or so.
>
> Any suggestions? Anyone else having this problem?
>
> Thanks
>

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Yup, that's exactly how my AirStation setup and 4700 setup looks too. I
connect to the WAN sometimes, but get disconnected after a few minutes. The
Buffalo tech said that would be expected with EAP checked, as it is in your
setup and mine. Weird...

It turns out that my 4700 also doesn't allow me to uncheck EAP
authentication on the shared WEP setting. I can uncheck it on the screen,
but it refers to 'enabled' as soon as I click on 'ok'. This is apparently a
bug in some versions of the 4700 according to this newsgroup:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service [...] dId=714031

In addition, there is another bug in some 4700s that may or may not be
related; my iPAQ failed the test program described here:
http://www.ipaqhq.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10339

HP tech support has agreed to replace or repair my iPAQ and has arranged for
courier pickup. We'll see what happens.

- Gillian

"Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
news:eYhVPHHuEHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Here is how my iPAQ and Buffalo configurations look...
>
> http://members.cox.net/ajarvi/WM20 [...] ation.html
>
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> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
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> "Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ek%23PUAHuEHA.2980@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Interesting...On my iPAQ 5555 that is also grayed out and checked. I
>> connect just fine using WPA-PSK (TKIP) to a Buffalo WBR-G54.
>>
>> --
>> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>>
>> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual
>> benefit of all of us...
>> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights...
>>
>> "Gillian" <gkerr@realworldsystems.net> wrote in message
>> news:e2xRxiFuEHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>I just got an Ipaq 4700 and am having intermittent connection problems
>>>with my wireless access point. The tech support for my Buffalo Airstation
>>>told me to disable the EAP authentication checkmark in the network
>>>adapter tab. (I'm using WPA-PSK TKIP). Windows Mobile 2003 will not allow
>>>me to disable EAP - it has a greyed out checkmark. According to Microsoft
>>>and HP documentation, I should be able to disable EAP authentication
>>>while using WPA-PSK TKIP. In my laptop computer I can easily uncheck it.
>>>
>>> The result is that my Ipaq gets disconnected every 3 minutes or so.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions? Anyone else having this problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>