sgkleiman

Has anyone connected to a TMobile (or similar) hotspot with the 5550?
Or to any sort of multiple networks.

I've been having my usual problems with connection manager, and have
not been successful at this. In the past, I was able to connect with a
3975 and a Linksys card, but of course the new connection manager is
somewhat different.

I tried to use a similar philosophy to the PPC2002 one of work, work,
work.

On the Network Management screen, I have both boxes set to Work (and
have my Sprint phone set up under each one).

I have my network card set to connect to Work.

Under Proxy setting for My Work Network I checked 'this network
connects to the internet'.

Under Configure Wireless networks, I checked Automatically connect to
non-preferred networks.


If I don't have wireless turned on, when I try to access a site in
PIE, it automatically tries to dial my Sprint phone, so if it's
attached, this works correctly.

If I have wireless turned on --
If I'm at home, it finds the router/cable modem and gets to the
internet with no problem.
I can access file shares on my PC.
I can sync wirelessly.

(I can also use an ethernet connection for browsing at home, and this
works ok too; haven't tried it at hotels, etc.).

When I go to a Border's and try to connect --
It finds the tmobile network (it shows up on the Configure Wireless
Networks screen as being connected).
It shows signal strength on the Today page Connectivity bubble.
PIE just returns page not found messages instead of any tmobile
welcome screen.

I've tried several other combinations of settings as well, but
nothing's worked.

helio diamant - ms-mvp/mobile devices

Could be an issue of WEP in your profiles. If you are trying to connect to a
non-encrypted network with a profile using your home network encryption,
this will probably not work.

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