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Originally Posted by Papi
vxf & natasha_fawn : thanks for the very helpful informations. I thought the wifi connexion problems were corrected by the new firmware, but I guess that's not the case for everyone. I read somewhere that the problems seem to occur with non secured connexion, vxf is that your case ? Maybe there are some devices with faulty wifi chips, that would be bad for me because if I live in France, so I would be more or less stuck with the device...
The good news is when it's working, it's pretty fast. 15 seconds including the wifi connexion process is faster than I expected, 5 seconds is excellent. Now the question is : is it better to stay connected, but I guess it draws battery power much faster, or do you initiate a connexion every time you need it. By the way : is wifi connexion done simply by the mechanical switch, or do you have to go through some menu ?
Another question : can you setup more than one secure connexion, for example if I want to use wifi at home an when I'm visiting my parents...and if yes, how do you choose you connexion ?
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There's a menu option to put wi-fi on standby, which puts the connection to "sleep" in a sense. It's on, but not connected or searching for a connection until you do something that requires wireless. It saves battery over having it completely on all the time, but it has to connect (which could take 10 seconds like it does for me on this wireless connection, or longer if the connection is not as good). You can turn wi-fi completely off through a menu or with the switch, and when you turn the switch back to 'on' it will go back to the menu setting you had it on before (standby, or completely on). You can also turn the 3G off entirely in the menu, which I've done since the access out here isn't good and it drains the battery.
There is also a menu option for network settings. That's where you can configure your wireless networks and enter passwords. You *should* only have to do it once per network, and the settings will be maintained. The user guide says you can have up to 20 configured. It will automatically try to connect to whatever connection is available that you connected to last, but you can also go right back to network settings and pick the one you want to connect to.
My connection here is unsecured. Some people seem to have trouble with specific kinds of routers. There are a few threads in the Sony forum you can look through to get an idea about the wireless problems people have had.