How do I connect to my router? Virgin frimware - now working details in the thread

[lew247]

I've tried everything to connect to my wireless router and it wont.
Its a D-Link DIR-615 (from virgin media)

My N900 can see it fine but it wont connect
It has 2 options
Pin method
and Done
If I press Pin method it tells me to type the following digits on the wireless station and tap done
you cant put the digits in the router.
Earlier when I tried it came up and told me to press the button on the router - there ISNT one.
now that option isnt there again.

Anyone have any ideas?

I've tried cnanging the security on the router from WPA2 to WEP but still the same thing, and I wont want the router open to everyone.

I've checked the router settings and there is no mac or other filtering in effect, I can connect with laptops fine but not my phone.

Its annoying

[homikaushal]

try setting your wlan from settings --> internet connection from the phone

[zarf]

I got one of the dlink dir 615's with my 50mb virgin line.

It should work with wep, I'm connected via it now.

(word of warning, the 615 is rubbish, after a day you have to reboot it to get connection to the internet back) for the techies out there, the nat table collapses and becomes unusable.

I'm using mine as an access point now.....

But confirm wep should work first time, and does with my N900 and 615.

So, don't give up. firmware on 615 perhaps ?

[zarf]

always enter wifi security codes manually, never trust a wizard

[9000]

In any case, please update the firmware of the routers to latest first. My friend has similar problem, and he uses android.

[lew247]

Fixed now
It was the virgin firmware in the modem - as stated above its cr@p.

I used the firmware from this thread http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=61155.

it now works perfectly

Thanks everyone

[twigleaf1976]

It might be worth noting if it is a cable router or a router attached to the cable router.

Relatives of mine have had the cable router which was just sh*te for anything. When ordering the wireless version virgin just shipped a netgear wireless router that plugged into the virgin cable router. Funnily enough, everything then worked. So it might be just that cable routers and virgin are useless?

Also noted was nothing worked unless you ran a disk supplied with the routers. The router was so badly built I couldn't get anything to work UNLESS you ran the supplied disk which seemed to have some software that set up the access. This was for wired and wireless. (prior to the netgear kit) I am a sad techie and I just couldn't get them talking unless you ran the disk.

I can't get access to the router security in any form without that disk, which is crap as she has a netbook and no internal drive. Virgin are not the most tech friendly company.

[zarf]

Fixed now
It was the virgin firmware in the modem - as stated above its cr@p.

I used the firmware from this thread http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=61155.

it now works perfectly

Thanks everyone

I finally bought a gigabit linksys / cisco wireless N router with a 300MB ps nat throughput.

You'd be amazed how much difference being able to open a virtually limitless number of connections makes to an internet connection.

Only time I ever reset the cisco is when Virgin have had a problem and I need to power off / on the virgin modem.

I'm covered for when virgin release the 100mb package too :) not long now I believe.