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XeQtoR: Just curious, what was the SSID of the free public wifi you were trying to connect?

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The SSID is "TELENETHOTSPOT" Without the quotes of coarse. But I guess you'll already figured that out :)

That is what's my provider say's it should be... and I see it like that on the N800 aswell.

But I already tried several other open wifi's aswell. None with succes.

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XeQtoR,

Do you know what channel the Wifi is using? Also, have you tried connecting to those very routers using a laptop successfully?

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I've had this a couple of times with the N800. I found it happens when the signal is weak, I'm too far away. It seems the wifi can connect, but not enough to properly to get the ip addresses, gateway and DNS.

Rich

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For what it is worth, I have noticed the same thing...I get the local IP address when I am getting a weak signal. Note that I csn usually connect with my laptop...guess it has a ?more sensitive? card.

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Interestingly enough, in the hospital this week I had the opposite problem: my IBM T43 (which usually connects fine) had a devil of a time with their patient room wifi, but the N800 connected fine most of the time.

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Not to be insensitive, but to say there are no answers is a bit broad. TA-t3 listed a whole host of possibilities (mine tended to be #6 on my Linksys). If you've exhausted the ones you can effect, then you either have a severe incompatibility issue (which would be odd with multiple nodes) or a unique device problem. If it's the latter, return it to Nokia for repair or replacement.

Again, it's common for a user to think the problem he's experiencing is universal, but enough troubleshooting tends to rule this out.

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I don't understand how my X51V can connect to a local unsecured point, but when I fire up the N800 the unit finds the connection with 3 bars of signal strength but gives a "network connection failure". Better carry the Dell when I go to my office location!

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There in is the issue^...

Chances are your Dell may not even recognize the network the N800 see's.

I found this to be true while using the free EarthLink service in downtown Philadelphia.

The N800 will sniff the service where others don't even register it. It will show bars in colors other than green (brownish) when this is the case.
When that happens all I can do is connect with a local IP but no TCP/IP. Interestingly though, the feed reader can update sometimes. (maybe it uses a different protocol or port)

I was frustrated with my first day's attempts in Philly. Then I realized that I would attempt to connect as soon as I found signal. (after parking the car, etc.) I was about to bag it and even had a post ready claiming it was another BS attempt by Nokia, blah, blah.

Later that week I gave it a second try and I'm glad I did. This time I only attempted to establish a network connection where I saw other users connected. I got green bars and the connection configuration punched through with all available protocols.

As a bonus I found that the N800 would hold on to the connection longer than the other devices while we walked around. I'm guessing this made hand offs to other EarthLink transmitters easier. Other devices would drop the connection entirely than have to reconnect.

In summary the N800 seems to be very sensitive to available signal but it doesn't give you a lot of info regarding connection quality. Now I use the connection manager to locate signal prospects then I walk around to find the green bar "sweet spot" before attempting my initial connection.

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I read your post but I don't understand what you did different (if you did do something) to make connections with a network showing brown bars instead of green bars. :confused: