[icon-discuss] Re: interesting wireless experience
- From: "John McCann" <lists@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:26:25 -0500
John Esak wrote:
"It [his work wireless internet connection] is using simple WPA and
whenever it asks me for the key, I put it in and it just does not connect."
WPA is the problem. Icon only supports WEP, unless this was changed before
we got to version 1.06.21.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Esak" <john@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:09 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 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
>
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>
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