[NTLK] Newton-compaible WiFi router FS/FT?

Fundamental Learning - Rob Moody robmoody at fundamental-learning.com
Thu Apr 27 10:59:08 EDT 2017


Hi Morgan thanks for the suggestions...however I've tried this with a "clean" Newt 2000, just NIE 2 installed and hiroshi's driver! Still nothing...

Rob

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> On 27 Apr 2017, at 13:22, Morgan Aldridge <morgant at makkintosshu.com> wrote:
> 
> I can't remember if this was asked in a previous thread or not, do you have
> MoreWiFiCards installed and, if so, is your card on the list of cards that
> require it? If not, you'll want to remove/freeze MoreWifiCards.
> 
> Oh, and stick to infrastructure mode, plus make sure your SSID name is
> spelled & capitalized correctly (no quotes or extra spaces at the end).
> 
> Hope you can get WiFi working!
> 
> Morgan
> 
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 13:17 Fundamental Learning - Rob Moody <
> robmoody at fundamental-learning.com> wrote:
> 
>> Morgan & Dan- I've tried permutations...static IP, DNS...infrastructure,
>> ad hoc modes, WEP & no WEP...no success. Conclusions: either dud cards or
>> access point or both. Only way to know for sure is to try replacements...
>> Rob
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 26 Apr 2017, at 17:55, Dan <dan at dbdigitalweb.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Morgan reminded me of a couple of things when I last had my newton
>>> connected to WIFI.  First, use the 128 key (or don't use the encryption
>>> at all) and of course WEP is all the newton can do.
>>> 
>>> Second, I never got it to work with static IP's, but DNS worked fine.
>>> If you are only trying to set up the newton with static IP's that could
>>> be your problem.  I know it 'should' work, but I never got it to.
>>> 
>>> -Dan
>>> 
>>>> On 4/26/2017 12:47 PM, Morgan Aldridge wrote:
>>>> You mentioned you are using a static IP address, are you also manually
>>>> setting your DNS servers? If setting DNS servers (which you should be
>>>> doing), are you setting the DNS to the IP of your AirPort or a public
>> DNS
>>>> server (you might test both to rule out any potential issues with
>> different
>>>> configurations)?
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