====== WiFi on Windows Mobile 2005======

I have been a windows mobile device user for some time.  This is a guide for connecting Windows Mobile devices to Wireless (wifi) networks.  For anyone that might have difficulty finding out what the mac address on their PPC I would recommend using [[http://www.cam.com/vxipconfig.html|vxipconfig]] it is a great free application that is similar to ipconfig for Windows.

The following outlines the steps need to connect my [[http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Detail.aspx?device=8802ddeb-1ee4-477a-9608-d9cd1e2a903f|T-Mobile MDA]] to [[http://www.utk.edu|UTK's]] [[http://wireless.utk.edu/|wireless network]].  My device is running [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile#Windows_Mobile_5.0|Windows Mobile 2005]].

===== Turn Wireless card on =====

If there is some type of connection manager find it and enable the wireless card on my device a T-Mobile mda there is a button dedicated to starting the connection manager, from there wireless can be toggled on and off

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===== Configuring networks =====

Tap Start > Settings

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Select the "Connections" tab and then tap "Network Cards"

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Then tap "Add New..."

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For "Network name" enter in "nomad"

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Then select the "Network Key" tab. For "Authentication" select "Open" and for "Data Encryption" select "Disabled".

After you have made these changes just tap "OK"

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You should be taken back to "Configure Wireless Networks". Tap and hold "nomad" and select "Connect".  This might take a few seconds, after it is done just tap "OK".  If all goes well you should be on the network.

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===== Verification =====

To make sure you are on the wireless network you can check it by doing the following.
Tap Start > Settings
Select the "Connections" tab and then tap "Wireless LAN"

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You should see a screen similar to the following

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===== how the screen shots were obtained =====


Also if anyone is interested I used [[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/wce/downloads/ppctoys.mspx#ELD
|Remote Display Control for Pocket PC]] to view my PDA on my Windows box.  I then used [[http://www.irfanview.com/|Irfanview]] to create the screen shots.  

Another option would have been to use a [[http://www.pocketvnc.com/index.php|pocket pc vnc server]]