Wisso_23
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Dears,
I am facing a problem with my wifi connection on my laptop. I am using the HP and been trying to establish the connection but not working although if i do connect my iphone to the device, it works and accepts it.
I kindly ask your help!
Thanks stress
There are known problems with RALink Wifi adapters installed in a lot of Compaq and HP machines. I had the same problem some time ago trying to connect an EZ-B in AP mode to a HP laptop. I use an Acer now with no trouble at all. There is some information on connection troubleshooting you can read about here. What you can do is use a WiFi dongle, or if you use a wireless router for your home network, you can connect to "Client Mode" using another Internet enabled device like your iPhone, to begin with. Once client mode is set up you can use the HP laptop again. I have written you out a short "How to" guide below to help get you connected to client mode.
Here's how to connect to "Client Mode".
Power up your EZ-B, then connect to the ezb with your iPhone or a tablet/other PC which should be visible in your WiFi list.
Open your iPhones (or other device's) search engine program, and in the web browser at the top of the screen, type in... http://192.168.1.1
The ezb web server will come up.
Locate the Client Wifi button on that web page and click on it.
It will ask you to enter your SSID (network name) and router password (which is case sensitive).
Press "save", and you're done with using your phone/tablet/other PC. This will reboot the EZ-B and the LED will start flashing green. You should now be in client mode.
Now go back to your HP laptop, and open ARC then use the scan tool in the connection control icon that looks like a mini cell phone tower to locate your ezb.
If it finds your EZ-B's IP address you will hear a chime. Press "Stop" wait a couple of seconds for the address font to become bold, then press "Select", then "Connect". You will hear the EZ-B chime again to confirm it's connected.
It could be your antivirus software (if you have any). You can disable it and try again, but it's more than likely the WiFi adapter issue that's causing the problem.
Hopefully some of that will help.
When attempting to connect, the message asks if you would like to view the debugging procedure. Have you viewed the debugging procedure before posting this message? If not, please review the procedure. The instructions will help us to help you.
Specifically check the network adapter. Also check if a virus scanner is running. Those details and more are provided to you in the debugging procedure.
Thank you steve! This was very helpful .. I will try to use a wifi dongle and i'll let u know what will happen. I doubt it is a matter of antivirus since i've removed it while trying.
Thanks again
No problem. Good luck.
If anti virus has been removed, that will be good. Even disabled is a good thing. Many virus programs think that the ezrobot is harmful because it isn't well known.
I believe the network usb dongle should work for you.
@DJ.
Isn't well known... Yet.
DJ,
I don't think it is actually because EZ-B is not well known, it is because you use port 23 (Telnet) and Telnet is inherently insecure when used between computers so many anti-virus applications block any app that tries to communicate with it. (Since the computer is initiating the connection, and the EZ-B is not a general purpose OS,I doubt there is any actual vulnerability).
Any decent AV/Firewall app allows whitelisting so once someone determines that it was their AV causing an issue, they can probably turn it back on and just whitelist ARC.
Alan
Dj,
I've tried a usd dongle "dlink" but still the same. I even used a toshiba laptop! Do u think there is a problem with the ez-b? I have just received it from maker shed ! Antivirus disabled also! stress stress