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From: Alex Barrow on 17 Apr 2008 07:01 Hi All, Sorry for another post! But i find sometimes when i switch on the PPC wifi that it only shows a few connections available. I also try another program called PeekPocket which seems to suggest there are other wifi sites around available ( which the windows wifi doesnt pickup ) The only thing is, say when peekpocket finds a wifi site, i dont think there is a "connect to" option for it! I was wondering, does someone know of a program which will scan for all availble wifi hotspots & connections, and have an option to connect to it! Many Thanks
From: "Jon Westfall MVP>" on 19 Apr 2008 00:28 WiFi APs are always a bit flakey for me to pick up, regardless if it's a Pocket PC or a full laptop. I would think that it's possible Windows Mobile is picking up SSIDs that are strong enough to connect to, while PeekPocket may be picking up other, less strong signles (In essence, the OS is finding them too, just not showing them). Or perhaps they are networks that Windows Mobile can't connect to, so they aren't shown. I'm not intimately familiar with the area, but I think it's safe to say that you're probably stuck with the internal screens to find your networks. However re-scanning a few times here and there may help find a just-strong-enough SSID that you may be looking for. Jon. -- -------- Jon Westfall MVP - Windows Mobile Contributing Editor, Pocket PC Thoughts pocketpcthoughts.com jonwestfall.com "Alex Barrow" <a(a)b.com> wrote in message news:f6GNj.26811$i_6.4375(a)fe06.news.easynews.com... > Hi All, > > Sorry for another post! > > But i find sometimes when i switch on the PPC wifi that it only shows a > few connections available. > > I also try another program called PeekPocket which seems to suggest there > are other wifi sites around available ( which the windows wifi doesnt > pickup ) > > The only thing is, say when peekpocket finds a wifi site, i dont think > there is a "connect to" option for it! > > I was wondering, does someone know of a program which will scan for all > availble wifi hotspots & connections, and have an option to connect to it! > > Many Thanks >
From: Alex Barrow on 19 Apr 2008 05:21
Thanks Jon, I wondered if that may of been the case, where the ppc cannot connect so its a no show. oh well! Cheers "Jon Westfall <MVP>" <jon(a)jonwestfall.com> wrote in message news:CCEE3486-E01C-484B-A091-A3575FDD681D(a)microsoft.com... > WiFi APs are always a bit flakey for me to pick up, regardless if it's a > Pocket PC or a full laptop. I would think that it's possible Windows > Mobile is picking up SSIDs that are strong enough to connect to, while > PeekPocket may be picking up other, less strong signles (In essence, the > OS is finding them too, just not showing them). Or perhaps they are > networks that Windows Mobile can't connect to, so they aren't shown. I'm > not intimately familiar with the area, but I think it's safe to say that > you're probably stuck with the internal screens to find your networks. > However re-scanning a few times here and there may help find a > just-strong-enough SSID that you may be looking for. > > Jon. > > -- > -------- > Jon Westfall > MVP - Windows Mobile > Contributing Editor, Pocket PC Thoughts > pocketpcthoughts.com > jonwestfall.com > "Alex Barrow" <a(a)b.com> wrote in message > news:f6GNj.26811$i_6.4375(a)fe06.news.easynews.com... >> Hi All, >> >> Sorry for another post! >> >> But i find sometimes when i switch on the PPC wifi that it only shows a >> few connections available. >> >> I also try another program called PeekPocket which seems to suggest there >> are other wifi sites around available ( which the windows wifi doesnt >> pickup ) >> >> The only thing is, say when peekpocket finds a wifi site, i dont think >> there is a "connect to" option for it! >> >> I was wondering, does someone know of a program which will scan for all >> availble wifi hotspots & connections, and have an option to connect to >> it! >> >> Many Thanks >> > |