iPaq 4150 - Wireless channel incompatability?

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David Wright wrote:
> Just a quick one this.
>
> Since the Wireless channel at work changed (to Channel 8), my iPaq 4150 will
> still connect to the wireless network, but IE will not surf - page not found
> errors. (There is no proxy).
>
> Is it possible that the channel is not compatible with this device?

Unlikely, I have been testing some wifi products for work and one of my
test units is a 4150 - I have been changing channels on the wireless
access point without problems.

Have you loaded the 1.10 ROM update and wireless 'soft update' from the
HP web site?

>
> When it was on the default channel that the wireless network was installed
> with, it connected and browsed fine. Chang of channel (it was interfering
> with some wireless video senders) and bang, no browsing. Nothing else
> changed on the device in the meantime.
>
> All other devices we have are working fine (laptops etc) - and I've tried a
> hard-reset on the iPaq device too, to no avail.
>
> Just wondered if anyone knew..?
>
> Ta,
> David,
>
>