{"id":3829,"date":"2010-12-26T00:55:08","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T04:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gad.net\/Blog\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2010-12-26T00:55:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T04:55:57","slug":"kindle-wireless-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gad.net\/Blog\/2010\/12\/26\/kindle-wireless-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle Wireless Fix"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Like untold others, I got a slick new Kindle 3G + Wireless as a Christmas gift (2010). It connected easily to the 3G network, but it would not connect to my wireless network at home. This was baffling, because I live in the woods and my wireless security is as simple as possible. I wrote a book on networking<\/a>, and my wireless security is woefully out of date. Why? Because I live in the woods. Anyone who would get close enough to hop onto my wireless LAN would be eaten by my dogs. My dogs love tasty wireless thieves. <\/p>\n

I have a pile of wireless devices, including the first generation iTouch. By keeping my wireless security simple, every device connects with ease. Every device, that is, except the Kindle. I tried everything. I tried changing my SSID, I tried converting to WPA, WPA2, broadcasting the SSID, removing all passwords, changing the password to all letters, keeping the password under 8 characters – nothing worked.<\/p>\n

Here’s what you need to know to make the Kindle work on a simple WEP-secured wireless LAN.<\/p>\n

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  1. Don’t waste your time trying until you check the revision of software on the Kindle. Mine was 3.0.1 out of the box.<\/li>\n
  2. If you are on anything less than 3.0.3, upgrade your kindle to 3.0.3 or later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As soon as I upgraded, wireless worked fine.<\/p>\n

    For the record, you shouldn’t use WEP security on your wireless network. WPA2 is the way to go. Unless you live in the woods and have man-eating dogs roaming your perimeter who have a taste for hackers. In that case, WEP is fine. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Upgrading the Kindle is pretty easy. The instructions and a link to the new code can be found here: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/help\/customer\/display.html\/ref=hp_left_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=200529700<\/a><\/p>\n

    Moving the file to the Kindle was simple and fast. The update and reboot process took me about 10 minutes, so be patient.<\/p>\n

    I hope this helps someone. I have 27 years of networking experience, and I spent an hour debugging networking stuff for no good reason. All I had to do was upgrade the Kindle. Hopefully your fix will be as simple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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