Comments on: WIP330 Review Addendum

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:42:26 +0000

Does anyone know exactly what needs to be done to upgrade the firmware on the Wip330 once you can connect it via active sync? The reason I ask is that I cannot upgrade the device once connected to my WiFI connection. Says download failed, although to get the *.sbe.bin file, I was able. I heard this was a common problem. Thanks!

By: rsmatt13

rsmatt13 — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:38:39 +0000

im trying to get my phone to work with skype, i have changed the firmware and looked at all the settings but i cant figure it out! someone plz help.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:28:52 +0000

Byteman,

First, just a reminder that this site and more recent comments can be found at http://www.archatechs.com . This site on wordpress is no longer being maintained.
Since each AP is its own mini radio station, make sure they have unique channels. If you only have 2, you might want to make them as far apart as you can, say channels 6 and 11.

You are right to use the same SSID on both.

Some APs support passing off devices better than others. In fact, only higher end APs are specifically designed for it, like the Cisco APs. That doesnt mean it wont work with standard consumer APs. However, when you are dealing regular APs the wireless client itself has to figure out that it has changed APs, at that point a bit of re-negotiation is involved and a little lag may be ‘par for the course’.

You may want to try using one AP that is more centrally located with a add-on antenna. A higher gain antenna can make a big difference in coverage. Belive it or not, so can some aluminum foil:
http://www.seattlewireless.net/AntennaHowTo#head-7be791648ac7e2c97448b082fa71861ac5721da4
http://seattlewireless.net/AntennaHowTo#head-857744de02109e2a63341e90c7f6697c18bacc6b

Good luck and make sure to check out the new site!
-Nick

By: byteman

byteman — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:07:02 +0000

Hello everybody!

i’ve a wip330 wireless phone and two AP with ddwrt, when i move from an AP to the other AP, the call go to silence (but don’t hang) for 10 seconds. This time is taken for the phone to deasociation form the first AP and connect to the second…

if i’m pinging the phone from the lan, i see that 5 to 10 packets are losed when it changes the AP. Is there any trick on ddwrt wireless configuration that force the phone
to change to the other AP more quickly? any idea?

the two APs have the same SSID and same channel, I’ve tried diferents channels, diferents SSIDs and entry them on profiles…

thks very much

By: Scotty T

Scotty T — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:07:35 +0000

Ok, For the life of me I could not connect via active sync. I called linksys and they told me to do the upgrad button on the phone. Even though it said ver 1.00.00 the phone upgraded itself to 1.00.06A. This was a good thing. Then the Active sync started working.

I’m guessing this built in upgrading process will get me to 1.01.00 when it comes out.

I’m having issues with call waiting which is what prompted the upgrade. Ver 06a still has a problem with call waiting. Anyone else having problems with call waiting?

-Scotty T.

By: ScottyT

ScottyT — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:32:07 +0000

Understood that I can’t sync, but Active sync doesn’t see the device, so I can’t explore the device to change the setting to do a firmware upgrade.

Once again the hardware drivers loaded the WIP and I can see it as a device in the device manager but I can’t explore the device.

Any ideas.

By: TIP for NAT for Hotspots users / Felipe

TIP for NAT for Hotspots users / Felipe — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 06:35:03 +0000

TIP for NAT for Hotspots users:

Remember that the NAT Tunnel is open for a variable time, so configure the expire time to 60 sec. , so the phone try to re-register and keep the tunnel open, so you can receive call via RTP correctly.

Felipe

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:20:32 +0000

ScottyT
At this time it doesnt appear that Active Sync actually syncs anything with the phone. In other words, you cannot load up your contacts, etc…so your not missing anything.

Just a reminder to check out the new site: http://www.archatechs.com

By: ScottyT

ScottyT — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:38:33 +0000

I have loaded the INF files and the device is available in the OS but Active Sync will not see it. Any ideas?

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 19:59:51 +0000

Just a reminder, archatechs has moved to http://www.archatechs.com
you can find the entire 3 part review of the WIP330 here at:
http://www.archatechs.com/blog/files/category-4.html

The windows activesync drivers can be found under the Downloads section as well.