Wifi not working

[zowki]

I can see available networks but can't connect to any of them. I have tried disabling power saving mode and upgrading to the latest hotfix but it doesn't fix the problem. Can anyone give suggestions?

 

[delicator]

I can see available networks but can't connect to any of them. I have tried disabling power saving mode and upgrading to the latest hotfix but it doesn't fix the problem. Can anyone give suggestions?

Have you try different acces point ? router ?


you can check if the router have mac filter


youcan try different channel number


change encryption type (turn off encryption for test)


Try with another computer/phone to be sure about right settings


If you have an sd with another linux on it, you can try with


And for finish, tell us more about your connection problem, you are connected but no navigate ? you can access the router ?

 

[zowki]

I have tried both ad-hoc networks and routers, no encryption and WPA2. I see networks in range but cannot successfully connect to any networks. Network manager tries to connect then says that the netowork has disconnected. I can connect perfectly fine on my laptop and Nokia N900. I am sure my router does not have a MAC filter.

 

[zowki]

I tried connecting to a router again. This time it works but ad hoc still doesnt work. I have router wifi in school but only ad hoc wifi at home.


Midori seems to crash whenever I try to open a URL. For example when I type google.com and press enter Midori crashes (I get a "Segmentation fault" when I run Midori from terminal).

 

[WizardStan]

ad hoc doesn't work yet. Or was it fixed in hot fix 5? Pretty sure not.


If it is fixed in hot fix 5, which I don't think it is, then you're probably on hot fix 4 and need to update. But I'm pretty sure it's coming with hot fix 6, so yeah, a little patience on that, sorry.


As for browsers, some people like Firefox, others like Chrome. Personally I prefer Midori, but the one built into the firmware is in desperate need of updating. Slaeshjag created an updated PND that you can use instead.

 

[zowki]

I'm running hotfix 5 and ad hoc doesnt work. How can I connect to the Internet when I'm at home since I only have ad hoc? Can I tether an Internet connection via bluetooth from my laptop?

 

[Jey123456]

yea you can, but its a little complicated on some cases.


not all windows bluetooth drivers will support ics (internet connection sharing), namely, the microsoft ones stopped supporting it for some reasons. if your bluetooth use its own driver instead of microsoft one (or if its an old machine, i cant remember if xp still supported it, but i know 2000 did). Bluetooth while being a marvelous hid protocol, wasnt made with internet connection in mind XD, as such, you wont get that much speed out of it (in my tests, i could get 90-100kb/sec transfer on the pandora).


for ad-hoc on the internal wifi, there is a beta driver you could try, but its not something i would recommend unless you feel confortable with linux, (its not excessively complicated, but well, having a good knowledge of your environement will help you diagnose the issues that could appear). http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/58888-another-test-wifi-driver/


otherwise, there are some usb adapter with ethernet connection that work on the pandy, as well as a good quantity of wifi stick (so long as its 2.0 otherwise youll need a hub).

 

[zowki]

for ad-hoc on the internal wifi, there is a beta driver you could try, but its not something i would recommend unless you feel confortable with linux, (its not excessively complicated, but well, having a good knowledge of your environement will help you diagnose the issues that could appear). http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/58888-another-test-wifi-driver/

How do I install the ipk file?


Edit: After a bit of research I discovered I need to use the package manager opkg to install ipkg to install the ipk file. I am at home at the moment with only an ad hoc connection. I will try this tomorrow at school and report back if it works.

 

[zowki]

I installed the test Wifi driver and my Panodora still fails to connect to ad hoc networks. It also has the side effect of turning on Wifi by default when I boot up my Pandora. Is there any way to stop it from doing that or revert to the old Wifi driver?

 

[zowki]

After using the beta drivers for a while my Wifi broke for real this time! I can connect to the Wifi router but when I try to ping anything I get "Destination Host Unreachable" (even when pinging the router address). I tried reflashing my NAND but no luck. Any suggestions?

 

[vadsamoht]

Has anything changed with the network you are trying to connect to? The fact that a reflact did not solve the problem means that it's likely not driver-related.


Also, did you upgrade to the beta drivers because the current ones do not work, or just out of curiosity?

 

[gotwake424]

Feel free to contribute to this bounty to help get a way better wifi driver!





cheers

 

[zowki]

Has anything changed with the network you are trying to connect to? The fact that a reflact did not solve the problem means that it's likely not driver-related.


Also, did you upgrade to the beta drivers because the current ones do not work, or just out of curiosity?

I installed the beta drivers because I heard that it works with ad-hoc wifi networks (it didnt work for me though). Nothing changed with the network I was trying to connect to.

 

[maxxdoutvdub]

I have tried both ad-hoc networks and routers, no encryption and WPA2. I see networks in range but cannot successfully connect to any networks. Network manager tries to connect then says that the netowork has disconnected. I can connect perfectly fine on my laptop and Nokia N900. I am sure my router does not have a MAC filter.

follow this how to for your n900 http://forums.internettablettalk.com/showthread.php?t=58570, but use the script below. you can then connect your n900 to your ad-hoc wifi at home, pair it by bluetooth to the pandora, run this script and you will be able to connect to your n900 as a bluetooth access point. not using your data plan but your home wifi through the n900.


#!/bin/sh


# by 9000 @ talk.maemo.org


# Prompt you to select the Internet connection. You may choose gprs or wifi


run-standalone.sh dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.icd_ui /com/nokia/icd_ui com.nokia.icd_u


# Selecting and establishing connection takes time


sleep 10


# Verbose mode. You can remove it when you're using widget to activate this script


set -x


IP_ADDR="192.168.3.1"


NETMASK="255.255.255.0"


DHCP_RANGE="192.168.3.100,192.168.3.127"


RUNFILE="/var/run/btpan_tethering.pid"


DNSMASQ="/usr/sbin/dnsmasq"


# Load modules


modprobe ipt_MASQUERADE


# flush old rules


iptables -F


iptables -t nat -F


iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wlan0 -j MASQUERADE


# forward IPs


echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward


# Setup bnep0


ifconfig bnep0 down


ifconfig bnep0 up


ifconfig bnep0 $IP_ADDR netmask $NETMASK up


# Setup DNS and DHCP


start-stop-daemon -S -p $RUNFILE -m -b -x $DNSMASQ -- -k -I lo -z -a $IP_ADDR -F $DHCP_RANGE -b


run-standalone.sh dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.Notifications /org/freedesktop/Notifications org.freedesktop.Notifications.SystemNoteInfoprint string:'Bluetooth WIFI Activated'