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Author P1i not support WPA2 and 802.1X ?
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Posted: 2008-05-06 20:05
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Another thing I found today which surprised me.

While on the train to work, I randomly tried to connect to various wifi's along the way. For some t asked for the passphrase right away.

When I got to office, I scanned for my network and tried to connect without creating a new account. It asks for a WEP key!!!

Now why would that be? Why would it ask me for a WEP for my office network while it asks for a passphrase everywhere else where required?

What is it not being able to detect?
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Posted: 2008-05-07 04:08
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So my IT support says that it is only WPA2 we use and not mixed mode.. Stranger and stranger.

what can i do? any ideas.. ??

i would hate to have to go someplace and not be able to use the wifi..
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Posted: 2008-05-07 04:27
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Also spent half an hour with SE support. They say its either:

1) Issue with router.
2) Compatibility between router and phone which they cannot guarantee since its a third party thing.
3) They say there is nothing wrong with the phone's wireless otherwise it wouldn't connect using WEP at home or unsecured networks either.

I don't get it. Do I have to live like this as long asI have the phone??? Just because I bought it anc can't return it now.
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Posted: 2008-05-07 10:25
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Classic. It's technically correct - but utterly and completely unhelpful. And nowhere would they even consider looking at the implementation.

..I'm actually pretty good at the peroxide- explosives, you know..
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Posted: 2008-05-07 11:04
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Any ideas of how to make it work? Is it a firmware issue? hardware issue?

what can i do to make it work?
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Posted: 2008-05-07 13:06
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Only thing I can think of is a firmware upgrade on the wlan. Perhaps there also were wep keys set earlier on. On some routers that means they're transmitted on the handshake together with the other keys - so maybe that's part of the problem enough to get it fixed..
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Posted: 2008-05-21 15:48
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My P1i also connects happily to the wirless network at home, which is WPA-PSK using AES.

But at work, I cannot connect to the network which is WPA-PSK using TKIP.

The phone connects, but unable to acquire an IP address. (It gets the weird 169.254.x.x) The state of the network stays disconnected.

The strange thing is, if I recall correctly, I was able to connect at work..

[ This Message was edited by: dogac on 2008-05-21 14:50 ]
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Posted: 2008-05-21 16:07
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...this is getting weirder all the time.
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