[Coppa]

Hi again, Cybrid. First, thank you again for your patience and helpfulness. Where it says "Data Encyption (WEP Enabled)" the box is checked, but there is no drop down box or menu on my pocket pc? There is also no such wording for diable or anything to do with unsecured hotspots on my pocket pc. So, I'm a bit lost, but while this ENABLED box is checked by default, I always UNCHECK it when I cannot surf to see if that resolves the problem. Perhaps, you are speaking of my home desktop pc settings when you speak of the drop down box, etc. If you are, I shall have to check on that. As to my home pc, I have to admit that while I am able to surf wirelessly in home with my Laptop via the router in home, the original wired pc on which I set up my router is on the bink. Still, the other desktop pc continues to work fine wirelessly, but I have to admit I neglected to write down the wep password/key etc. Hence, I guess I shall have to wait until I get the original desktop back from the shop and hook it up to the router so that I can go in and extract the encryption settings to configure my PPC to match. However, I assume that in this regard, you are speaking in terms of getting the PPC to work wirelessly within my home via my home desktop only as opposed to getting it to work outside in hotspots, etc? Both are, of course, important to me.

It's funny but this PPC sees ALL the secure and unsecured Networks in my area. So, it would seem it works in this way, but something still preculdes me from surfing even though it says it is "connected." It invariably comes back with the messages I posted above or today, it started finding networks and asking if I wanted to connect X NETWORK to WORK or INTERNET, to which I checked on PPC "INTERNET" and later, "WORK" both of which failed when IE came back saying it "Pocket PC Networking: Unable to obtain a server assigned IP address. Try again later or enter an IP address in Network Settings."

Could it be that this whole problem emanates from my not entering the encryption key for my router in home into my PPC or would that affect only my surfing at home rather than out on the road? Dell was typically unhelpful as their technical support said I must contact the person in California from whom I bought this PPC NEW on E-Bay in box/never used and convince the elderly lady to contact them and convert the owner info to my name blah blah blah. Sigh. She got this thing as a gift a couple of years ago, found it intimidating, never used it, and sold it to me.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks for patience again, Cybrid.

P.S. Nurhisham: With the greatest of respect, I am an adult. You need not rub salt in the wound. I not only promptly heeded Cybrid's pointers to the letter--all of them--but I publically acknowledged my error. As to the multiple posts, I meant no harm. I am new at this stuff, and I honestly did not know which topic spot was most appropriate. It was an honest error, corrected and acknowledged. So, repeating the censure and speaking of banning in the same breath clearly in this circumstance would seem a bit of "overkill" and needless albeit your prerogative. I value this wonderful site and the fine people who manage it and contribute to newbies like myself. I would not like to be banned, but if this is all it takes, well, you're the boss.

Once again, Thank You, Cybrid Very Much for your efforts!