N800-Wifi channels questions
 

Hi there,

after using a 770 for about half a year I just bought a n800.
Although living in Europe I imported a US-Version and now encountered a first small wlan problem.
When I took the n800 out of the box I had troubles connecting to my home network which had been working perfectly with my 770 so far. After trying different settings like hiding or unhiding the ssid I realized, that I could not connect because my access point was set on channel 13, which I learned from wikipedia is only available in Europe or Japan but not in the States. Once I changed the channel of my access point I could connect immediately.
My question now is:
Is there a way to convince my tablet to operate on channel 13 or is the frequency spectrum "soldered" into the wlan-chip, so that there is no way of changing it by software?

Thanks,
Kalle

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

I'd be surprised if they used different hardware. Have you tried flashing an image from one of the European Nokia download sites (or maemo.org)?

Si

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

I just flashed the latest firmware by using the standard tool that can be downloaded from the support homepage. Since the whole procedure of determining the right update version runs without any user interaction I have no idea if there are localized versions.
When starting the system for the first time I pick German for global settings. I will see if I can find different versions of the latest firmware.

Kalle

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

AFAIK, the channel restriction is controlled on the firmware level, not hardware; I would be surprised if these devices turn to be different.

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

Any news on this?

Simon

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

I would send Nokia tech support a question about this.

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

Since I could not find localized images to flash I guess I will try to contact the nokia support.
Judging from my previous experiences with email support from large companies I would be suprised if I got anything but a text module, but hope dies last of course :)

Kalle

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

What channels were available when you configured the N800 with a German location?

The available channels is most likely driven by the locale. If you configure the N800 with a US locale you probably only get channels 1-12, a European locale may give channels 1-13 and a Japanese locale may give you channels 1-14.

Other than the settings available in the Language & Region control panel applet I'm not sure how else the N800 can determine your region and thus what restrictions to apply to the WiFi channels. That said, you'd think if you chose a more restrictive region (such as switching from Europe to US) while actively using a wireless connection on channel 13 the connection would have to be broken in order to stop using channel 13...

Of course the easy solution may be to change the channel on your access point! :)

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

I think the US channels are 1-11, not 1-12. AFAIK.

Re: N800-Wifi channels questions
 

I stand corrected, the US is 1-11 - thanks! :)