[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] pjeedai:
WiFi won't connect to internet

Hi

Been reading a LOT of the forum but can't seem to find a resolution to this. Have also spent a fair bit of time on google and seen a similar problem with other WinMo phones but not the Hermes specifically.

I have an O2 XDA Trion - Hermes 100 from the sticker on the inside.

It froze so i had to hard reset and that rolled it back from WinMo 6.1 update from O2 website to the WinMo 6.0 it was delivered with.

Flashed HardSPL and have the correct bootloaders to flash with RUU

Installed the CRC latest build and... worked.

Battery life now 2 days not 18 hours on 1500MaH battery. Result.

However. Whilst O2 3G settings installed direct from cab and i can access internet through my unlimited data plan, i have a wireless network which i would prefer to use when at home.

I have a Netgear DGFV338 8 port VPN firewall modem router running static IP's on b & g mixed network. Wireless clients are MAC restricted and i am running WPA-PSK TKIP encryption with a user generated pass.

The MAC restrictions are in place to allow creation of port triggering rules for my Wii and one of the 360's which is on wireless for Netflix and streaming.

So I connect to WiFi.

with pass correct, MAC provisioned on router, IP defined in the phone and the router WLAN clients it connects, can be pinged from my wireless laptop and is shown on the active clients list of the router.

fire up pocket ie, search google... page cannot be displayed

put in google ip address... page cannot be displayed.

close wifi. fire up 3g.

use pocket ie to download latest opera in case ie uses system settings for 3g only.. opera also 404s no connection.

use DU to download Advanced configuration.

check Advanced Configuration and see WPA is set to disabled not enabled [default]. set to enabled. save and soft reset.

now wifi see's connection and applies for ip from router but does not connect.

so i swap back.

have read lots about configuring using Work, the Internet and proxies but none seem to apply - my router should provide direct access to internet with DNS pass through.

One post i found referred to a HTC wireless drivers but the link provided was a 404.

I am stuck, from what i know about networking this should be in place, working and surfing with the benefit of my 20mb home connection. but its stuck on 3g and anything i try to use the wireless either doesnt work or disables the one thing i do have working which are the 3g settings from the CRC build original install.

what. the. fudge?

Am i missing something really obvious? I have read all the FAQs Wikis and network information in the main forum, read nearly 135 pages of the thread from the ROM i flashed and googled the hell out of the interwebs to see if i can work out whats wrong.

Please any help would be much appreciated. Happy to flash a new version or different ROM as HardSPL seems to have worked and happy to mess with the registry if you can give clear instructions.

If this were a laptop i would be checking the DNS settings or the wireless card drivers to check they support the underlying algorithms for the encryption.

From reading the many posts there seem to be two main issues - WinMo 6.1 and some hardware do not play nice on wifi and default to the 3g phone option. Second there are problems when this is also MAC restricted most posts that mention this point to the drivers.

Help me obi wan CRC (and helpers) - you're my only hope.

ROM CRCs r13.3

ROM Date 01/10/09

Radio Version 1.16.00.00

Protocol Version 32.53.7018.01H

much appreciated xda people thx in advance