[SlyEye]

Hi all,

My girls got me a Playbook 32g for Christmas! I was so excited! Now I am crazed! I need 10 of these!

I cannot hookup to my wi-fi network at home! My laptop will connect, my BB Curve will connect, but the play book won't! It did connect outside of McDonalds to their wi-fi! I also have a Sierra Shockwave Air Card and tried using that, but cannot figure that out as well!

I put my beloved BBPB away - but now I think I am ready to attack this issue again! I really need this device while on the road because I look up a ton of data online! Can't do my job without this and the laptop is to bulky and in the way - plus don't need all of that!

Also, live in US and cannot find the BB keyboard! I even tried Amazon, but their were a couple of different ones that came up! So wasn't sure which one to get!

Also - does a stylus work better than the fingertips!

Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sly

[kill_9]

What is the make and model of the wireless access point?

Did you attempt assigning a static IP address to the tablet and connecting to your network?

For the BlackBerry Convertible Case and Bluetooth Mini-Keyboard have you searched ShopCrackBerry.com?

[tabish4u]

connect your laptop to WI FI on that router.
open mozilla firefox/internet explorer, (chrome not recommended)
on address bar type 192.168.1.1 a dialog box will open, type admin in user name and admin as password.
it will open your router page, then on various tabs(most probably in security) you will find 2 options: reboot(factory reset) and reboot(without factory reset)
click on reboot(without factory reset)... and page will show your your router is rebooting please wait for 2 min.
wait for 2 min... and then try to connect it... it will work.
reason: playbook OS has a tendency of clogging data packets for the first time in some routers, once u do the step it will work falwless everytime.....

in case you need further support online, ping me at tabish4u@gmail.com.

press like if the info is helpful.

thanx and kind regards
tab

[thecsman]

Isn't it up to the router to drop data packets?

I was going to suggest changing the wireless protocol to 802.11g to start with.

[jpash549]

For me a stylus definitely works better than finger tip for tapping to select letters or insertion points for on screen typing. Dont need a fancy one such as required for sketching. See Amazon for cheapies from Hong Kong. If you are going to use a Bluetooth keyboard you may also want a Bluetooth mouse.

[CarlJF]

I had to set my home router to use the 20Mhz bandwidth instead of the default "auto". Works flawlessly since then.

[Just Giver]

When you attempt with the PB does it show your Wi-Fi as an available network?

[jpash549]

If you have a Win 7 laptop you can download Connectify from web and get a mobile hot spot from your laptop if you continue to have router problems.

[gees97]

When you attempt with the PB does it show your Wi-Fi as an available network?

I had a problem with a friends router as well and I fixxed it by switching WIFI channel from 6 to 11. Ever since then the network comes up green and healthy

[hutch0707]

Try matching the playbook wifi settings to what your bb curve has set for wifi including any advanced settings.