Hi,
I'm experiencing a weird problem and please let me know if it's only my problem or there is some work around for it.
My phone is SX66 upgraded to 1.40 ROM + 1.13 Radio stack
I can connect Wifi fine whenever I have some phone signal (at work). Whenever I go home where the phone signal is weak then the WIFI couldn't get connected (I believe I set up my home network correctly as I've been using it for so long and configure it for several computer/laptop in house). The network could detect the AP with the SSID but I just couldn't connect to it even I'm sitting right next to the AP.
ROM 1.40
Radio: 1.13
MDD
Are you sure it isn't connecting? What has led you to this conclusion?
Is it possible that it is connecting, but that you just can't browse the internet, in which case check your connection proxy settings. If your work uses a proxy server and you've enabled the pass-through setting in ActiveSync, your network connection may be configured with your work proxy server.
If you're sure you're just not connecting however, things to check are;
WEP/WPA Encryption - If you're using it and have other wireless devices on your network, you no doubt know what to do. If not, say so & I can help you.
DHCP - Does your router/AP support Auto-IP Addressing? Is it enabled? If not, you'll have to configure the WiFi card with a static IP within the same subnet as your router. Ask if you need help.
MAC Filtering - Are you blocking unauthorised MAC Addresses (on your router/ap)?
Interference - Wireless A/V Senders and digital cordless phones are common culprits for RFI. 802.11x APs support multiple channels (most default to channel 11), and you can change these in case of interference. Once again, if you have other WiFi gear already connected with good, strong signals, you can probably discount this one.
Sorry if this is all elementary to you - I don't know how technical you are.
Thanks for your reply.
> Are you sure it isn't connecting? What has led you to this conclusion?
Yes, I've check wireless status on the phone. "Connected to the network", and the AP with DHCP on showed the status of an IP has been allocate to the SX66 mac address. However I dont' really believe it then I check the "Adater", it said network available, and the WIFI icon just didnot show any traffic.
> Is it possible that it is connecting, but that you just can't browse the internet, in which case check your connection proxy settings. If your work uses a proxy server and you've enabled the pass-through setting in ActiveSync, your network connection may be configured with your work proxy server.
I've experience once with the internet connection via Active Sync so I disable the passthrough. Both home and work doesn't have proxy server so I selected not to have any on the phone.
> WEP/WPA Encryption - If you're using it and have other wireless devices on your network, you no doubt know what to do. If not, say so & I can help you.
At work, I have 128 WEP and the connection works fine with the key. At home, I open my network but using MAC filtering to protect it. I have problem with the open network one at home. Perhaps, I will try to setup WEP at home and see if it can work.
The only thing I'm not really clear is the difference between setting "WPA" and "WPA-PSK" from the phone.
> DHCP - Does your router/AP support Auto-IP Addressing? Is it enabled? If not, you'll have to configure the WiFi card with a static IP within the same subnet as your router. Ask if you need help.
Yes, DHCP enable as I don't want to change it back and forth when traveling.
> MAC Filtering - Are you blocking unauthorised MAC Addresses (on your router/ap)?
I do it and I already opened the network and then captured the MAC address into the AP memory. (that's why I think it's connected but will check).
> Interference -
Not really, I'm 6' away from the AP and I don't have any cordless device in my computer room.
> Sorry if this is all elementary to you - I don't know how technical you
are.
No problem, I'd like to learn more about this PDA. The concept is about the same with PC, but the tools to debug is not there. I can't use tracert/traceroute, ifconfig or ping broadcast to really know if I'm the network.
Once again, thanks a lot.
Okay, well it sounds like you're on the right track & know what you're doing.
A useful troubleshooting tool, which gives you tracert, ping, whios, ipconfig and a host of other tools is "vxUtil", which is freeware. I'd give you a URL for downloading it, but I'm on my iMate now (sipping coffee by the Yarra in a Melbourne Cafe - oh what a techno-wanker am I!), but search these forums or Google it and you'll find it.
Now, regarding the proxy thing... These PPCs are a little tricky with their internet settings, and I had to create a different 'connect using...' connection profile, if that makes sense. The important setting within the profile, which is under the Proxy tab, from memory, is "This network connects to the internet".
Now for some reason, if you don't enter in a proxy server here, that check-box doesn't stay checked when you ok your way out. So what I've had to do is go into the advanced area & enter anything in the "wap" proxy, then ok out.
Strange, but it seems to work. Although I always leave my "Private network" on "My Work Network", I can now browse the 'Net through the WiFi AP/Router.
Download vxUtil & see if you can ping your AP, then go from there.
I've worked around the problem by using static IP address instead of depending on DHCP. Thanks to Hitchhiker software. I noticed that it was trying to obtain IP address from DHCP but failed. (The very same DHCP work wells for the rest of my network). Anyway, I will use Hitchhiker to switch IP back and forth if necessary.
Thanks a lot!
MDD
Great to hear you found the problem - well done.
i have a orange m3100 version of the hermes.
recently i flashed it with schaps 3.54b rom
now i can't use my wifi router/network @ home nor another wifi router/network @ work.
in fact i'm well connected, i'm sure of this because from another computer of the networks, i can ping the (static) ip of my hermes. i tried changing and changing again my ip and tested it.
but the hermes cant go on internet.
i use the right gateway and DNS in each case but no surf in pocket ie.
any solutions or other tests i can do?
in french if possible since i and my rom are in french.
thank you.
update : i made some tests :
it is nos a dns problem : i put the right gateway and dns on the smartphone but i cant get a website by typing its ip in pocket ie adress bar (other browsers dont work better) and i cant even access my router admin interface.
when i'm trying wifi with static ip or dhcp on my m3100, i can ping its ip from another computer of my networks and the smartphone responds ok, and i can see its mac adress in the connected clients on my router config screen. But the smartphone can't ping anyone.
i asked a friend who told me that the proxy (192.168.10.100 :8080 ) used for the connection to orangeworld in gprs/edge is also used when i try to connect via wifi and that is why it cant connect nowhere because my personal network is configured differently and without a proxy.
if i delete the proxy my connections will cost me more when i use gprs.
if i configure my router like this (192.168.10.xxx) with a proxy on 8080 it could work but only on my network and not @ my workplace or somewhere else where network params will be different.
any ideas or solutions ?
wow ! so many people trying to help :/
well i found a temporary solution to my problem, probably not the best one but the best i can do by myself so if someone wants to help : thank you
it was actually a proxy problem.
i looked in the registry and found a key where the proxy adress was detailed : 192.168.10.100:8080
i have exported this value as "proxon.reg"
then i modified the value by deleting its content and i exported the empty value as "proxoff.reg"
now i have my "proxy switch".
before activating the wifi and starting ie, i lauch "proxoff.reg" which clean the registry for the proxy data and magic : ie connects fine.
and when i want tu surf via my provider orange, i desactivate the wifi and launch "proxon.reg" which restore the correct proxy data to the registry. and i can surf on gprs/edge.
all this is fine when i switch off the phone functions in the comm manager.
but now i need someone to tell me how i can automatize this for the wifi and edge connections because if the wifi signal gets too weak, i dont want my phone to switch to the gsm when the proxy is desactivated.
i hope you can understand my english.
please help.
In the last version of BatteryStatus (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270751) you can find,among the others stuffs, the "Disable Proxy for WiFi" option (see the Tools tab)... Maybe more simple than "regg-in" on and off? I'm ok with it, try and see if it's ok for you also...
Bye!
hey kamaal i just downloaded the batterstatus program but im not seeing the "Disable Proxy for WiFi" option in the Tools tab
***edit:
sorry i downloaded the extended version beta and it was there
I googled IPv6 and WP7 and found that mango is suppose to offer this to WP7.
My Nokia Lumia 800 however is blissfully ignorant when it comes to IPv6, it simply doesn't get an address and is therefore unable to connect to any IPv6 host.
Now I don't have any other handsets, so I cannot determine if this is a Nokia special, or that Mango doesn't offer any IPv6 support, contrary to the articles that claim it does offer IPv6 support.
Can anyone chime in here ?
Does your Lumia receive an IPv6 assigned by your carrier? I guess if your carrier dosn't assign IPv6 adresses you can do nothing about this...
I have IPv6 configured on my local network and I can confirm that Lumia actually gets an IPv6 address (public, routable one, not only link-local) and I can also ping it over IPv6.
It doesn't, however, seem to open any IPv6 web pages and all the pages with both v4 and v6 fallback to v4.
Hmm, how did you find out it got an IPv6 address ? Whireshark ?
As far as I know, there is no way of checking on the device itself, in any case, sites like test-ipv6 com report that the Lumia doesn't have any IPv6 address.
It is strange, as I have a dhcpv6 server for statefull configuration (mainly pc's) and I also have two IPv6 routers that advertise RA's to devices. My Nokia N82 and E72 and the IPAD2 all get global addresses and are happily surfing to IPv6 sites.
I presume you are on Mango or 7740 ?
I've first checked ARP table on my computer, found IPv4 of my phone and matched its MAC with a list of IPv6 neighbors (netsh -> interface ipv6 -> show neighbors).
And yes, it is Mango.
ChrisKringel said:
Does your Lumia receive an IPv6 assigned by your carrier? I guess if your carrier dosn't assign IPv6 adresses you can do nothing about this...
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Sorry should have mentioned, my home network is fully IPv6 enabled for about two years now. I run one native IPv6 connection, where I get a :/48 prefix. My main line (in speed) is a tunnel connection over Ipv4 with a different :/48 prefix from the tunnelbroker.
The setup is such, that my Servers all get a fixed IPv6 address in the first available :/64 and are routed over the tunnel. My Windows PC's get routed over the same tunnel using a DHCPv6 server, all other devices either go over one or the other, depending on which RA (route advertisement) gets to them first, as both IPv6 routers also advertise their routes (pc's are setup not to listen to ra's in any case).
This works fine for my two Symbian powered Nokia's, as well as for the IPAD2, they only device in my house who seems to be unaware of IPv6 is the Lumia.
sjaak327 said:
Hmm, how did you find out it got an IPv6 address ? Whireshark ?
As far as I know, there is no way of checking on the device itself, in any case, sites like test-ipv6 com report that the Lumia doesn't have any IPv6 address.
It is strange, as I have a dhcpv6 server for statefull configuration (mainly pc's) and I also have two IPv6 routers that advertise RA's to devices. My Nokia N82 and E72 and the IPAD2 all get global addresses and are happily surfing to IPv6 sites.
I presume you are on Mango or 7740 ?
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Are there websites that you use that are only accessible through IPv6?
http://test-ipv6.com tells me that I don't have access to IPv6 from work.
Your IPv4 address on the public Internet appears to be xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
No IPv6 address detected [more info]
You appear to be able to browse the IPv4 Internet only. You will not be able to reach IPv6-only sites.
Your DNS server (possibly run by your ISP) appears to have IPv6 Internet access
My iPhone through 3G on AT&T gives the same result, expect the last one, which says:
Your DNS server (possibly run by your ISP) appears to have no access to the IPv6 Internet, or is not configured to use it. This may in the future restrict your ability to reach IPv6-only sites.
This is not even using Wi-Fi. So, major carriers aren't even supporting IPv6 browsing yet. It's not iPhone specific. Just being on AT&T 3G in Minnesota means no IPv6.
I'd like to know of even 1 real site that this prevents you from accessing.
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Just read your post above.
What problem are you experiencing on your network by the device not having an IPv6 address?
Why not also support IPv4 in your internal network?
It's pretty unlikely that you would need that many addresses internally.
Yes, IPv6 on 3G (cellular network in general) support is really limited and it is much harder for both operators and mobile phones to support it.
It would be, however, about time, that WP starts supporting IPv6 over wifi.
N37-L0RD said:
I've first checked ARP table on my computer, found IPv4 of my phone and matched its MAC with a list of IPv6 neighbors (netsh -> interface ipv6 -> show neighbors).
And yes, it is Mango.
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Hmm, Using Netsh int ipv6 show neighbors, I see my server, a few other clients, the Ipad, but not the Lumia. If you go to test-ipv6.com, does it show the global unicast IPv6 address ?
If it matters:
OS: 7.10.7740.16
FW: 1600.2479.7740.11451
HW: 112.1402.2.3
JVH3 said:
Are there websites that you use that are only accessible through IPv6?
http://test-ipv6.com tells me that I don't have access to IPv6 from work.
Your IPv4 address on the public Internet appears to be xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
No IPv6 address detected [more info]
You appear to be able to browse the IPv4 Internet only. You will not be able to reach IPv6-only sites.
Your DNS server (possibly run by your ISP) appears to have IPv6 Internet access
My iPhone through 3G on AT&T gives the same result, expect the last one, which says:
Your DNS server (possibly run by your ISP) appears to have no access to the IPv6 Internet, or is not configured to use it. This may in the future restrict your ability to reach IPv6-only sites.
This is not even using Wi-Fi. So, major carriers aren't even supporting IPv6 browsing yet. It's not iPhone specific. Just being on AT&T 3G in Minnesota means no IPv6.
I'd like to know of even 1 real site that this prevents you from accessing.
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Just read your post above.
What problem are you experiencing on your network by the device not having an IPv6 address?
Why not also support IPv4 in your internal network?
It's pretty unlikely that you would need that many addresses internally.
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I do support IPv4 on my internal network as well, that is not the point. It is 2012, all my devices run dual stack, and I think it is time that a Nokia released in November 2011 should also be able to handle dual stack and connect using either IPv4 or IPv6, I mean come on, even a Nokia N82 which is over three years old can do it !
And yes, if I go with a pc, or the ipad or the N82 to that Ipv6 test site, they all report a global IPv6 address and pass with flying colors, the Lumia only has a IPv4 address.
Oh and to make myself clear, (if it isn't obvious from previous posts) I am not talking about 3g, I am talking about my home network over wifi.
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I do support IPv4 on my internal network as well, that is not the point. It is 2012, all my devices run dual stack, and I think it is time that a Nokia released in November 2011 should also be able to handle dual stack and connect using either IPv4 or IPv6, I mean come on, even a Nokia N82 which is over three years old can do it !
And yes, if I go with a pc, or the ipad or the N82 to that Ipv6 test site, they all report a global IPv6 address and pass with flying colors, the Lumia only has a IPv4 address.
Oh and to make myself clear, (if it isn't obvious from previous posts) I am not talking about 3g, I am talking about my home network over wifi.
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I understood that you were talking about your local network with WiFi. I only mentioned the 3G, to show that the carriers are not yet even giving access to IPv6 only Internet sites.
Is the reason you need this to get to IPv6 only internet sites from home?
Or do you restrict access to some machines on your network to machines with IPv6 addresses for the security advantages?
Or is the reason strictly because the number of IP address under IPv4 is running out and at some point new sites will be forced into being IPv6 only? At that point the phone will not be able to access the new sites.
I don't see a reason for Nokia not supporting IPv6. It's been around for a long time. We've know it was needed for a long time.
The only thing I can think is that most phones are only used for about 2 years and you aren't going to see alot, if any, major sites switching to IPv6 only in that period of time. Realistically all major sites will support IPv4 for at least 5 years or longer.
Yes, Nokia should support it. But, phones not supporting it today are not going to cause typical users any problems.
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I understood that you were talking about your local network with WiFi. I only mentioned the 3G, to show that the carriers are not yet even giving access to IPv6 only Internet sites.
Is the reason you need this to get to IPv6 only internet sites from home?
Or do you restrict access to some machines on your network to machines with IPv6 addresses for the security advantages?
Or is the reason strictly because the number of IP address under IPv4 is running out and at some point new sites will be forced into being IPv6 only? At that point the phone will not be able to access the new sites.
I don't see a reason for Nokia not supporting IPv6. It's been around for a long time. We've know it was needed for a long time.
The only thing I can think is that most phones are only used for about 2 years and you aren't going to see alot, if any, major sites switching to IPv6 only in that period of time. Realistically all major sites will support IPv4 for at least 5 years or longer.
Yes, Nokia should support it. But, phones not supporting it today are not going to cause typical users any problems.
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All you say is true, yes there is no problem now, the phone supports IPv4 just fine, however, since it is 2012, and since IPv6 is around for > 10 years, I am utterly disappointed by either WP or Nokia not fully supporting IPv6, and this should really be rectified asap,regardless of all the things you said. Not to mention the fact that in Asia things are quickly going to IPv6, simply because they did already run out of IPv4 addresses.
The sooner we get rid of IPv4 the better, the stack has run it course and is redundant.
sjaak327 said:
Hmm, Using Netsh int ipv6 show neighbors, I see my server, a few other clients, the Ipad, but not the Lumia. If you go to test-ipv6.com, does it show the global unicast IPv6 address ?
If it matters:
OS: 7.10.7740.16
FW: 1600.2479.7740.11451
HW: 112.1402.2.3
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Sorry, I made a big mistake by making false assumptions. It appears that the IPv6 enabled Nokia was actually Nokia E52 (I've only checked MAC vendor and forgot about the other phone having wireless enabled).
It seems Lumia doesn't get IPv6 after all.
Does anyone know if we can use ipv4 on T-Mobile? I made a new APN for ipv4 only and it doesn't get data. The reason why I want ipv4 is because VPN tends to leak IP on ipv6 also my VPN providers app (private internet access) doesn't work on ipv6. I probably could do open VPN but I still have the leak problem and knock password isn't a recognized password for open VPN/LG VPN.
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Does anyone know if we can use ipv4 on T-Mobile? I made a new APN for ipv4 only and it doesn't get data. The reason why I want ipv4 is because VPN tends to leak IP on ipv6 also my VPN providers app (private internet access) doesn't work on ipv6. I probably could do open VPN but I still have the leak problem and knock password isn't a recognized password for open VPN/LG VPN.
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No native IPV4 support. The phone does 6to4 to get IPV4 addresses to apps. If your provider doesn't work on ipv6 there should be nothing trying to talk to it over IPV6, unless they have a AAAA record on their domain name and it's screwing things up. If this is the case, just put in the IPV4 IP instead of the domain name.