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<blockquote data-quote="shieldsboy" data-source="post: 975806" data-attributes="member: 139066"><p>I also suffer from this problem with the touch - at first sight it appears to be random whether your Touch will connect.</p><p></p><p>I have read all sorts of theories of why this is but none of them have worked for me.</p><p></p><p>So I now offer another theory.</p><p></p><p><strong>That the problem relates to the contents (or lack of) of the Search Domains box.</strong></p><p></p><p>To add substance to the theory I attach below details of some testing I did today:</p><p></p><p><strong><em>"I have had a feeling that the problem lay in the DNS area, so this morning did some "field" testing!</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>I walked down the main street of our suburb monitoring the Touch to see when it gained contact with an non-secured wifi network.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>I found 4 and I connected with each with very good access speed.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>However, the one difference between my hifi network settings and these networks was the content of the "Search Domains" box under the DHCP section of the IP Address.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Entries in the field would be, for example, "Belkin" or "Netgear" and other such names (not ip numbers). For my network the box is empty.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p>I am now trying to identify what should be in the Search Domains box, and how to get my router to put it there?</p><p></p><p>Is it the use of Dynamic DNS? What are the implications if you have a static IP address?</p><p></p><p>Of course I could be totally wrong, but it seems worth investigating.</p><p></p><p>Can you try the "field" test I carried out? And post your results?</p><p></p><p>Do you know what should be in the <strong>Search Domains</strong> box and the changes that would have to be made in a router?</p><p></p><p>Any ideas would be very much appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Don</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shieldsboy, post: 975806, member: 139066"] I also suffer from this problem with the touch - at first sight it appears to be random whether your Touch will connect. I have read all sorts of theories of why this is but none of them have worked for me. So I now offer another theory. [B]That the problem relates to the contents (or lack of) of the Search Domains box.[/B] To add substance to the theory I attach below details of some testing I did today: [B][I]"I have had a feeling that the problem lay in the DNS area, so this morning did some "field" testing! I walked down the main street of our suburb monitoring the Touch to see when it gained contact with an non-secured wifi network. I found 4 and I connected with each with very good access speed. However, the one difference between my hifi network settings and these networks was the content of the "Search Domains" box under the DHCP section of the IP Address. Entries in the field would be, for example, "Belkin" or "Netgear" and other such names (not ip numbers). For my network the box is empty. [/I][/B] I am now trying to identify what should be in the Search Domains box, and how to get my router to put it there? Is it the use of Dynamic DNS? What are the implications if you have a static IP address? Of course I could be totally wrong, but it seems worth investigating. Can you try the "field" test I carried out? And post your results? Do you know what should be in the [B]Search Domains[/B] box and the changes that would have to be made in a router? Any ideas would be very much appreciated. Don [/QUOTE]
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