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Unable to connect to Wifi abroad


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savethebird

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I'm staying in an apartment in Germany for school, and there is wifi available and I have the correct password, but I cannot get connected. My network adapter is a Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN mini-card. The channel is set to 11, the security type on the network is WPA2-PSK. I can, however, connect to the network with a wire. I've also found that I cannot connect to the network with my iPhone either. In fact, I tried to connect to another network with my iPhone, and it wouldn't work. I'm wondering if there is a channel or IP address issue.
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When visiting England last year I also had the same problem, would connect sometimes but not for long and signal strength was good, and also could connect with wire. I beleive the problem is the WiFi card broadcast wavelength being slightly out of synch with router. Maybe buy a cheap USB WiFi modem, or borrow one, locally and see what happens.
Best of luck.

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hendaz

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You should be able to connect as internet standards are worldwide. Just make sure your wireless drivers are up to date and check that you are entering the settings correctly.
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