Titus | # 1 | 2005-11-10, 08:02 | Report

Hi,

I am having problems setting up a WPA-PSK connection with my Nokia 770 and Buffalo WBR2-G54 router. There has been no problems with other devices with this router, but after several dozen retries, Nokia 770 simply refuses to connect to router.

I have tried :
- using DHCP and fixed IP-addresses
- in router: TKIP and AES
- in Nokia: with and without WPA2
- different PSKs
- different locations
- 802b only-, Mixed-, 802g only- modes in router


Luckily I can get connected with no encryption and WEP-encryption , but I would like to use WPA for obvious reasons.
Usually (normally using it with Windows XP laptop) this router is quite powerful, and I have excellent signal strength even outside the house.
With Nokia 770 (using WEP) signal strength gets poor ten meters from access point and dies outside the house. This signal strength issue is not a huge problem to me, but I would really like to use WPA PSK.
Any suggestions, please?

Samuel | # 2 | 2005-11-10, 08:35 | Report

Are you seeing only one single AP when you scan ?

Titus | # 3 | 2005-11-10, 08:55 | Report

Yes, just one. Funny though, when I, in my desperation, made several connections ie. Connection 1, Connection 2 etc., when scanning available APs it showed me those previous connections in the available AP list.

JPB | # 4 | 2005-11-10, 09:36 | Report

I had a problem to connect to my Airport: for WPA the 770 asks 13 keys for the password. For some reason the airport had 20 keys. I changed the airport password and then it worked.
Don't think it is related to your problem but you never know.....

Samuel | # 5 | 2005-11-10, 09:39 | Report

This is a known bug. I have a fix in my local tree and hopefully it will make it to the next official release.
Sorry for the hassle, but you'll have to use WEP or open AP for now :-/

Titus | # 6 | 2005-11-10, 09:56 | Report

At work right now, so I can't test it, but are you sure, that this feature is also in WPA? I also noticed this, when using WEP encryption.

Titus | # 7 | 2005-11-10, 10:03 | Report

Thanks a lot for this information Samuel! It saves me from another "curse-filled configuration evening". Can you give any information on when the next official release is available?

Samuel | # 8 | 2005-11-10, 10:06 | Report

Unfortunately, I don't know about that.

martymcr | # 9 | 2005-11-10, 10:45 | Report

Hmm, sounds like we might have some Nokia representation on this board? Samuel do you work for Nokia, or would you rather not say?

Samuel | # 10 | 2005-11-10, 11:51 | Report

I work for Nokia, and you will find many Nokia engineers on maemo-dev and maemo-users. So, nothing to be ashamed of ;-)