11-22-2010, 10:37 PM | #1 |
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No WiFi - can't setup Nook Color...!
Just bought the Nook Color and I am in an area with no Wifi...can't continue the setup of the device...! How can I continue..? Calibre won't detect it.
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11-22-2010, 10:49 PM | #2 |
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I don't know if there's a workaround. According to the User Guide "you will not be able to set up your NOOKcolor without a Wi-Fi connection".
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11-23-2010, 12:27 AM | #3 |
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Ouch! Looks like if you want to set it up then you'll have to get to a B&N or another wi-fi area....that's terrible that you can't even use it unless you are in a wi-fi area.
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11-23-2010, 12:36 AM | #4 |
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I was afraid of that...off to BN I go...thanks for the comments...
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11-23-2010, 02:15 AM | #5 |
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11-23-2010, 07:05 PM | #6 |
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Wi-Fi on Nook has to Publish your SSID
Looks like in order for the Nook Color to go wireless, you have to publish your wireless SSID. I have mine secured, but everytime I turn off publishing my SSID, I lose wireless connection.
I don't have that problem on my Itouch, laptops and Wii. Hope they fix that. Just one more step in my security plan. |
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11-24-2010, 08:53 AM | #8 |
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You mean on the router itself
On the Nook Color, it says: Security WPA/WPA2 PSK. So I assume you are meaning it doesn't support WPA2 from the router's point of view?
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11-24-2010, 09:06 AM | #9 | |
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I no longer trust the User Guide, since it also says that you can't charge the NC from a PC and that you must use the provided USB cable. Others have already proven that you can charge it from a PC and that any standard micro USB cable can be used. |
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11-24-2010, 11:50 AM | #11 |
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11-24-2010, 12:35 PM | #12 |
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Does your router use TKIP or AES encryption? If you select WPA2 and choose TKIP (which you can legitimately do) it's really the same thing as WPA. AES encryption capability is what makes WPA2 different from WPA. It wouldn't surprise me if the NC couldn't do AES, since I believe it has more strict export restrictions than TKIP. It also requires more processing power than TKIP, which may be another reason (battery life.. I can't imagine the processor couldn't handle it, it just may suck more power).
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EDIT: My router settings just say "WPA2-PSK", but according to the connected windows PC the connection is using WP2-PSK TKIP. Last edited by geertm; 11-24-2010 at 03:11 PM. |
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11-24-2010, 03:12 PM | #15 | |
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In short, your last option above, tubemonkey, should have worked, and I'm not sure where the fault lies. In general, AES WiFi support is implemented in hardware (which, as you might expect, means it generally performs better than TKIP), but I don't know if the Nook Color has support for it. (I attempted to look up the WiFi chipset through the MAC address only to learn that the MAC range is registered to "BARNES&NOBLE.COM" ... not very helpful. ) |
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