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This is what finally worked after two weeks of researching! Found this here for the toshiba thrive but it worked for mr! http://www.thriveforums.org/forum/t...1-thrive-will-not-connect-t-2wire-router.html

I tried this part but all of my settings were already set to match this....including it because it was part of the process.

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Originally Posted by shakefry

My little sister received a cool Toshiba Thrive for Christmas but the thing will not connect to the proprietary router we have. The router isn't the problem because I've been able to connect a Macbook, 2 PCs, a 3DS and a smartphone to it and they all work as needed. When we put in the password for the connection it saying it is 'scanning' and 'connecting' then disconnects and starts going into a scanning loop saying is scanning then stopping then starting again.

I found a similar topic about this but the thread did not answer my question. I followed all of the steps of given solutions to no avail. And the constant suggestion to set the beacon or preamble differently is highly frustrating because the model router I have does not have such settings (I have gone through all the menus about ten times, literally).

I have also heard that the connection security could be a factor but I am not willing to downgrade my WPA 2 (TKIP & AES) to a WPA 1 or WEP, unless its absolutely necessary. I've been googling for hours so I need a solution or unfortunately we will have to return it for a more compatible device, which would suck because we got this for a good price (new).

Our router is a 2WIRE 3800 hgv-b (we have AT&T Uverse, idk if I should specify anything else)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi shakefry - Nice to meet you. You are 100 percent right you should not lower your security - WPA2 is the strongest and it does work fine with Thrive. That is what I use.

For some reason the ATT 2-wire routers are the most frustrating, but that is not a problem. We just might have to try a few different things, instead of getting it to connect the first time, so stay with me, OK? big brothers always have to help their little sisters...

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1. You do not have MAC Filtering enabled,do you? If you do add the Thrive's MAC to the Router's list of permitted devices. Then try connecting.....

2. Not using MAC Filtering, or you added the thrive and still can not connect ......

OK, First ... Lets get the info your Windows Laptop has about your router when it connects

successfully to the 3800HG-B Router via wifi:

On your (Win7?) PC that is successfully connected by wifi to the same network, lets get some wifi settings. Vista - pretty much the same screens, XP a little different looking.

Click on the wifi signal lower right taskbar, open network and sharing center.

click on right side in blue, your network name

Pop up window - click on Details

the detail window opens ...

IPv4 Subnet Mask should be 255.255.255.0, if not we need to change it in the router settings.

This would prevent you from getting to the internet, but with all devices not just thrive.

Copy down IPv4 Default Gateway, and both IPv4 Servers

(Most routers will not need the actual IPv4 addresses in the devices DNS1 and DNS2, but yours might)

Now (no picture) close the DETAILS window and click on WIRELESS PROPERTIES. click on SECURITY tab, then click on SHOW PASSWORD. DO NOT CHANGE THIS FIELD, YOUR PC WILL DISCONNECT. WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS FIELD IS THE CORRECT PASSWORD TO YOUR NETWORK.

(I just want to be 100 percent sure - this is the password you need to log the thrive on. You are pretty sharp with all this stuff, so you know it is case sensitive, don't mistake a "zero" for the cap letter O, etc.

We will try using these when we set Thrive's wifi settings for your network.

(Go to link to find the screenshot)

Now please check the following router summary page by logging on to your router.

Make sure, on the right side it, shows enough DHCP Available, and on that the router

address is still 192.168.1.254

And on the left, the page is exactly the same as below, none of the blank fields are filled in, right?

And the top button is still selected ..... 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 (default)

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THIS IS WHERE THE ACTUAL FIX CAME IN

Originally Posted by shakefry

"Would it possibly help if i DID enable filtering? then I could just put in all the device's MAC addresses and maybe it'll be more focused or something?"

No filtering wont "pull in" the devices, through the front door of the router. Filtering will just turn them around and kick them out again if they are not on the "invited to the party" List.

"edit: I just found a similar page, the design is slightly different. The router/gateway address is one number above my DHCP range and it says I have 178 available and there are 12 allocated (weird because we only have 10 devices connected to this thing that I know of)

OK so you have plenty of available IP addresses (DHCP). It is normal to see a couple more than the number of devices you have."

So now you have the info you need to connect the thrive (maybe):

1-Hold the Thrive in portrait mode so the keyboard does not hide the settings

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2- Go to Settings >> Wireless and Networks >> Wi-Fi settings >> tap your network name, Tap FORGET

Now when your network name shows up again under wifi settings ....

select WPA2

Enter password, it is case sensitive.

3- tap the triangle where it says DHCP, select "static"

enter 192.168.1.173. (a nice odd numbered unused ip, away from the auto assigned ones).

(You are making it an odd number (173) because if you buy, in the future, something like a network drive, or AppleTV, it will probably come with a nice "multiple of five" static number like 150 or 155 or 35

the "CONNECT" is greyed out .... right?

4- enter routers gateway 192.168.1.254

enter prefix 24

enter dns1 192.168.1.254

5- the"CONNECT" brightened up again? Tap CONNECT.

....... OR ..........

CONNECT is still greyed out? Enter DNS2 192.168.1.254, tap CONNECT

ARE YOU CONNECTED???

If NO

1- update the router's firmware - try connecting again

2- We will give up on the 3800 and add your second router, with different sets of DHCP ranges, and broadcasting on a non-conflicting channels to the 3800's channel ( channels 1, 6, and 11 do not conflict with each other - assign one router to channel one and the other to channel 11, and keep them a couple of feet away from each other.

shakefry, Please Let us know how it goes, which solution worked ... so other forum readers can help their little sisters too ....

we are standing by (actually in my comfy recliner waiting ..)

Thanks, bobj

aka Bojo, or Obi-Wan, or RouterRooter

I was able to connect to wifi consistently and access the Internet and YouTube app successfully. Hope this helps someone else!!!

Source: http://www.thriveforums.org/forum/t...1-thrive-will-not-connect-t-2wire-router.html