Last fall, I stayed at a hotel that has wireless internet. I honestly don't recall the particular name of the system, but I was unable to connect with the Icon because when you attempted to go on line, you were directed to a web site on which you had to click on an "I agree" button. The Icon did not see the button. I was able to connect using a different blindness Pda. To be fair, though, I have been able to connect to many wifi networks, and I am for the most part pleased with the Icon's abbility to use wifi. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Esak" <john@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:09 PM Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: interesting wireless experience
I don't want to add this note to make it sound as if Icon has more problemswith 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 notconnect to this system. It is using simple WPA and whenever it asks me forthe 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 withEnterprise 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 unitto 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 shouldbe noted that I've had trouble with other devices too. I don't know what'sup 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 tosee if I could connect wirelessly. We went to our local McDonalds where theyhave 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. Goinginto 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 Kurzweil 1000 Technical Support Engineer (800) 894-5374 Press 5 then 2 or: (888) 995-9905 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 2904 (20080227) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com ________________________________ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.1/1299 - Release Date: 2/26/2008 9:08 AM
