TIP for Connecting Palm TX to WRT54G

Question

I recently received a Palm TX as a gift and I spent hours struggling to establish a connection between the Palm and my WiFi Linksys router (WRT54G). I finally got it working, and I wanted to pass along the solution to the problem I was having.
When setting up WiFi on the Palm TX, you have to enter the security key. To find it, follow these steps on the Palm TX:
1) Click Preferences > WiFi > Setup
2) Select the network you want to connect to (your router's SSID, which can be seen on the main page of the Linksys Easy Advisor on your PC).
3) Click Edit > Configure > Key.
You have to enter the Encryption Key of your Linksys router, which is found like this:
1) Open the Linksys Easy Advisor on your PC.
2) Click the "Support" tab at the top.
3) Look under "Basic Router Information", and you will see an entry called "Encryption Key".
The problem I was having is that during my troubleshooting I had accidentally refreshed the Linksys encryption key after I had entered it into the Palm. So the Palm had an encryption key that was no longer valid. Once I went back into the Easy Advisor and realized that the encryption key was now different, I entered the new encryption key into the Palm and all was well.
So the moral is, don't reset your security settings in the Linksys Easy Advisor, or else you'll need to re-enter the new encryption key in your Palm the next time you want to connect to WiFi!

Answer 1

Gary, you find the settings the same way you set up the router - use your web browser on your PC to access the settings menu!  You don't physically open the router.
Enter the IP address for the router (something like http://192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1) into the browser address bar and you should gain entry to the settings.  The DNS will be listed somewhere on the setup pages.  You're looking for the listing for the DNS numbers being sent to your router, sometimes called "Primary DNS and Secondary DNS".  Other routers call it DNS1, DNS2, etc.
I don't own a NetGear router, but I'm sure your manual that came with it will explain things, as well as searching the Netgear site for help.
This sounds like a simple speed setting (backward-compatible).  You'll need to set the router to transmit in either "/b, /g, and /n" mode or "Mixed B and G"... something like that.
WyreNut
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