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WF2IR: Problem attaching to my wifi network

Kaoh

July 14, 2010 20:28

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Hi,

I ordered the device from the US last month and finally recieved it here in the Netherlands after some wait time.

So I was happely looking forward to start working on it tonight.

However I am unable to connect it to my wifi netwerk. I tried every setting I can think of.

These are my router setting:

SSID: Kaoh_Lan
Interface: 802.11b/g
Band: 2.4Ghz
Channel: 8
Broadcast SSID: yes
Allow new clients: yes
Encryption: WPA-PSK
WPA-PSK version: WPA+WPA2

And then I have a key offcourse for the WPA.

Now can anyone tell me what the settings should be for the WF2IR to be able to connect?

I tried fixed IP adresses, DHCP, nothing works.

Is it the channel? since I am in europe we have another channel subset, maybe it can not handle that?

Please advise, sending and customs and taxes cost more then the device and I do not want to send it back :(
I am in need for such a device.

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  Kaoh July 14, 2010 20:31

  Oh, and the device came shipped with firmware: 700-1001-12

  So I believe it is the latest one.

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  Kaoh July 16, 2010 23:45

  With the support of the team I managed to get it to work.

  I am not sure what solved it, after a couple of more attempts I suddenly got a rather stable adhoc conneciton (probable some neighbour shutdown his wifi), so I figured to flash the firmware even though it says it is the same version. It still did not work directly after that but after two or three more attempts, it suddenly connected. And it keeps connecting even after a power cycle. The only thing I did not figure from the interface was that when you select the WPA2 setting you should leave the WEP setting to Open and use the passphrase instead of the shared key boxes.

  Also the Adhoc mode (default or after a reset) does not proivide me with a DHCP lease, so i had to set my client manually to 169.254.1.1 with subnet 255.0.0.0 to be able to connect to it. This is not mentioned in the manual or tutorial.

  Now I have only one more question, I have another wifi device that does not support the WPA+WPA2 mode my wifi is in at the moment. It seems to require a WPA only mode. Will this device support that with these settings since the Security type only offers a WPA2 setting

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  Josh Sherman July 19, 2010 16:58

  Our WPA2 implementation encompasses all testable iterations of WPA and WPA2, including TKIP, AES and the mixed TKIP+AES, so there shouldn't be any problems. Good catch on the adhoc connection addressing problem. This will be notated in the WiFi tutorial as well as possibly in the quickstart.

  ~Josh

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  geert olaerts August 02, 2010 11:22

  hello,

  I want to order one too, but it seems its hard to find one in europe. At least a shop that ll deliver to individual clients. Do you care to share the shop where you bought it?

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  Kaoh August 02, 2010 17:42

  I ordered it from the states, from Smarthome to be exact. But you pay a lot extra to get it to europe. Next to the international shipping I had to pay also 30 euro taxes over it, so 90 euro to buy, 40 euro for shipping and 30 euro taxes.

  But I could not find any company in europe that sell them :(.

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  Josh Sherman August 02, 2010 18:32

  Hi Everyone,

  If you are looking for Global Caché hardware in Europe, I would contact Mike Kirsch. He is a Manager of Sales over at Comm-Tec, and will easily be able to set up a unit for you if you are in need of one. His email is below:

  mkirsch@comm-tec.de

  ~josh

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  geert olaerts August 02, 2010 18:37

  Yes you mailed me this and i am looking forward to hearing from him. I also mailed the belgian supplier, but i doubt they ll sell to a private seller. But i am sure i ll get a source somewhere. The import taxes are holding me back from buying in the states (and i think the power plug is different too).

   

  But hey the service here is faster than i am used too.

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  Eric Mertens December 22, 2010 20:21

  Now also aavilable in the Netherlands/Belgium. www.icasa-domotica/shop/shop/index.php  !

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  Martijn Rijnbeek December 22, 2010 22:56

  The link that was given is not correct, should be: www.icasa-domotica.nl/shop/shop/index.php