Wireless enabled yet not wireless enabled

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What PocketPC?

With my iPAQ 5555 you need to turn ON the 802.11b wireless radio before you can access the wireless
configuration windows (Wireless Zero Configuration or WZC). Here is a document from HP that may help
you if you have specific HP model iPAQs...

http://h200001.www2.hp.com/bc/docs [...] 157709.pdf

Note that unless the wireless access point is configured to NOT broadcast the SSID, then the WZC
will automatically find the access point. If the SSID broadcast is cloaked then you also need to
manually configure that. Generally the channel is configured on the access point also and can not be
selected on the PocketPC. That may, however, not be true if you use a third-party add-on card with
its own card manager software.

Encryption keys, WEP or WPA, are configured on both the access point and the PocketPC and must
match...FYI here is an example of how I have my iPAQ 5555 configured to use WPA-PSK (TKIP) with a
VERY LONG RANDOM key...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps. [...] ation.html

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"Andrew Smith" <jim@ascnetsolutions.com> wrote in message
news:uoFuScJ0EHA.1192@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Many pocket pcs, including mine, advertise that they are bluetooth and wireless 802.11b enabled,
> yet I see so many adapters for these features. I tried to connect to my home wireless 802.11b
> network with my new pocket pc and was unable to. There was no feature in the software to change
> the channel, encryption, or ssid which I figure is standard stuff when trying to connect to a
> wireless network. What is the deal? Do I need to buy an adapter or do I just need to buy some
> network connecting software? Thanks.
>
> Andrew
>