After being unable to connect to my home wifi network with my ppc-6700, Linksys tech support said I had to reduce my security from WEP 128 bit to 64 bit. I did so, and was able to connect; however, I find it unbelievable that Microsoft's latest Mobile OS doesn't recognize or work with 128 bit security.

Can anyone verify the limitations of the Mobile 5.0 OS in this regard?

Thanks.

I haven't played with wi-fi yet but it should work with WPA, which is more secure than WEP anyway. Does it work with WPA?

I guess I'll try to get it connected to my home wireless network with WPA... never took the timie before.

It works with WPA-PSK

No problem here with 128-bit WEP. It picks up my neighbors' unsecured wifi networks well, too

Todd/Indy

It doesn't seem to have the necessary options to log into larger wifi networks. I am not able to log into my schools wifi for example.

i log into both my 128 bit wep and my 256 bit wep...only problem is having to enter the 26 digit code every time i log into the 256...is there a way to store the key?

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Oh, here is how my school's wifi setup...seemed like a pretty easy connection but i couldn't get it. It works fine on my laptop. Maybe someone here know something else i can try.

http://network.csudh.edu/peap.php

My university also uses PEAP Authentication for wireless access. You can find how to configure for pocket pc 2003 here.

http://www2.auckland.ac.nz/wireless/pocketpc.htm

However some settings may differ.

I just noticed that setting for windows xp sp2 in our uni is very similar. However i am not sure whether you have to download EC root certificate and verisign root certificate in order to work in you wireless network.

I remeber with my undergrad that to use the wireless you had to go to the tech place and give them your mac address to register it. After that you could use it anywhere. An old way of doing it to limit access to students only and reduce strain on the network

STi, yes you will need to have your universities root cert installed on your device. I can assure you that peap, wpa-psk,wpa-tkip and wpa with radius backend works fine on my 6700 and other WM5/WM2003 devices

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Thats good to know. Can the same root certificate be used in maks case?