gizmosis Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi all,Hope you can help.I have two wireless speaker points which are identified connected via ethernet. When attempting to configure them to wifi mode I recieve an error message that they cannot access the network, check settings.I have my router on b, g & n (and have tried g & n only), with a WEP key. I have also tried with no security but cannot get it to join with the Billion wireless n router which generally has good performance for a home unit.Any thoughts or tips?Thanks,Gizmo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVHomeInstalls Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Exact model of Speaker point? They made a non-wifi version too.B or G mode only OK, but make sure it's 64-bit WEP key or NO WEP key and your router is not using 'Turbo-G' or any other funky B/G setting. How many LED's on the front panel light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks for that - its the AVE-RAA1-BWill double check there is no hidden config on the router. Both power and link indicators are on whilst ethernet connected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVHomeInstalls Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Looks like you have the ethernet only model. See this data sheet:http://www.control4.com/files/products/data-sheets/SpeakerPoint-Datasheet.pdf(Note it has typo, listing AVE model number for both columns of the specification) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 HI - Typo - took that from the control4 site as I'm at work - model num looked the same but is actually AVG, plus the box states Wifi version and there is a wifi mac address sticker on it too so unless someone is playing nasty!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVHomeInstalls Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Ok. My AVG speaker points came configured in a multi-room package from C4 and had the following network configuration:SSID: C4HWY Password: aa11bb22ccBoth are case sensitive.Static IP address, but you could use DHCP provided your router DHCP server is enabled. You are attempting to connect to a Belkin Wireless Router OR is it a Wireless Access Point as your subject of this post states? What model(s)?Both LEDs should be on a couple minutes after powering up the speaker point in WiFi mode. If you go into Composers System Manager you should see it's IP. Also check to make sure it's running same version as your controller(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 It's actually a Billion 7800N on g + n mode. I've also tried g mode only with security disabled, no luck. There are no turbo-g or other settings enabled. I also upgraded them successfully to 2.1 with the controller (this issue was there prior to the upgrade when they were at 1.7.4, had hoped the firmware upgrade might address the issue). Anyway, at a loss, other than giving up on wifi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyr2k1 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Temporarily disable your wifi security and see if you can connect. One other point... you are making note of uppercase and lower case characters when inputting your passkey as mentioned elsewhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVHomeInstalls Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 In looking at your 7800n owners manual nothing really sticks out, but I'd configure wireless for testing this way.Mode: 802.1g-Only ModeNo Security Regulation Domain: North America (it might not matter, because most channel freq. are the same world wide, but worth a try).Channel ID: 1Channel Width: 20 (only matters when using mixed mode with 802.1n)Radius: DisabledWPS: DisabledWMM: DisabledWireless Multicast Forwarding: DisabledGood luck, let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thanks, will try tonight and report back.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks for your thoughts. Looks like it was picky about only connecting on ch.11! Unfortunatly it un-identified when my router re-started and is refusing to re-identify.Hopefully nothing a reset can't fix!Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks for your thoughts. Looks like it was picky about only connecting on ch.11! Unfortunatly it un-identified when my router re-started and is refusing to re-identify.Hopefully nothing a reset can't fix!Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVHomeInstalls Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Might need to identify when hard wired. Then reconfigure to wireless. So it didn't like channel 11, odd. Maybe run inSSID to find best channel to use. Although channel 1 is a good choice for full bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Trouble re-identifiying on ethernet, I only tested successfully on wifi and channel 11 wsa the ONLY channel it liked! Not sure if there is too much interference on the remaining channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 Got it working, but after all that, am going to resort to ethernet - WEP security just doesn't cut it in hindsight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVHomeInstalls Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Glad you got it working. Yes, WEP is old school and for this reason I run a dual band router that has invisible (no SSID broadcast) 'guest network' running WEP. This netwroks is also used by my 10.5 TX3000 touch screens. Although I think the 2.x upgrade on the touch screen gives it WPA. I wonder if it would for speaker points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmosis Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 I ran the upgrade to 2.1 and it's still stuck with WEP (maybe upcoming 2.2 will address). I thought about a similar approach with a seperate bridged access point but have decided to go with a ethernet over powerline for the same $ as it allows for more reliable streaming of analogue sources which I think the wifi would struggle with. Fingers crossed, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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