[icon-discuss] Re: interesting wireless experience
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:40:52 -0500
Sometimes there are hardware limitations that no amount of driver revisions
can fix. Enterprise WPA encryption may be one of them for this 802.11B
chip.
-----Original Message-----
From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Esak
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 10:43 PM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: interesting wireless experience
Ah, thank you very much. I should have thought of that.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert Carter
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:00 PM
> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: interesting wireless experience
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The University where I work has Enterprise WPA as well. This is a
> completely different version of WPA that the Icon does not support.
> Our system also has a guest account which allows me to log in with
> the Icon using an ID and password. You might investigate this option
> as an alternative.
>
> Robert Carter
>
> At 02:09 PM 2/27/2008, you wrote:
> >I don't want to add this note to make it sound as if Icon has
> more problems
> >with wireless than any unit of any kind would anywhere. It is
> and has been
> >just great for me at dozens of places. However, I called
> Michael last week
> >with the main wireless system at my new place of work... it
> simply will not
> >connect to this system. It is using simple WPA and whenever it
> asks me for
> >the key, I put it in and it just does not connect. Can't
> rmember if it says
> >bad key or something. Michael suggested that Icon has had some
> trouble with
> >Enterprise WPA whatever that is... and it could be that this is what our
> >system is using. I've only been able to talk with the network
> support guy,
> >not the main system designer... and it is a big very
> heterogeneous system.
> >I'll let everyone know if the Icon can ever get past the
> encryption on this
> >one network... because, I as I'm sure everyone else too would
> like the unit
> >to always connect to whatever is available and accessible.
> >
> >John
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jenny Axler
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:41 AM
> >To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: interesting wireless experience
> >
> >I've never gotten the McDonalds connections to work either, but,
> it should
> >be noted that I've had trouble with other devices too. I don't
> know what's
> >up with them, but they're just difficult ot use in general.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Paul Henrichsen <mailto:paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:44 PM
> > Subject: [icon-discuss] interesting wireless experience
> >
> >
> > Hi, guys.
> >
> > Well, I decided to try using my braille plus outside
> the house to
> >see if I could connect wirelessly. We went to our local
> McDonalds where they
> >have wayport, which I guess is part of AT&T WiFi.
> >
> > No matter what I tried, connecting through AT&T WiFi,
> or wayport,
> >which is the correct way, the braille plus could not connect.
> Once it got a
> >failure to connect message, One could not turn the wireless off
> or on. Going
> >into the status menu and arrowing down
> >
> > To the wireless status locked the unit up. The only way to get
> >things back was to remove the battery. Pressing pound star and
> program one
> >did no good.
> >
> > I believe the signal strengths were between 35 and 54
> percent, but
> >they fluctuated a bit.
> >
> > We decided to go to a starbucks to see what would
> happen there. The
> >braille plus found the T-mobile WiFi and connected. I was able
> to bring up
> >the T-mobile web page.
> >
> > We decided to try another McDonalds on the way home. We
> had the same
> >results. We could get no connection either to AT&T WiFi or to the proper
> >wayport connection.
> >
> > The unit would lock up. Going into the web page did no
> good at all.
> >Once, I was told I was resetting after pressing the appropriate
> three keys,
> >but there were no vibrations and on trying a power off, I got a power off
> >error.
> >
> > I again had to remove the battery and reinsert it to get things
> >working again.
> >
> > It seems that there is something odd with wayport and
> the braille
> >plus.
> >
> > I want to try a Barnes and Noble this weekend as they
> have wayport
> >as well. I am wondering if their router will have a stronger signal
> >strength.
> >
> > But I wonder why there is so much trouble with wayport?
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul Henrichsen
> >
> > paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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