Hi,

I’m trying to connect my PSP to my 3Com Access Point but it will not connect, it just gives me the following message, A connection Error has occured (80410D09).  I have tried everything and it still doesn’t work, I have posted on several other forums and nothing has helped.  My wireless access point is connected to a 3Com hub and the hub is further connected to a Thomson 4 port ADSL router.  Can anyone please help me it’s driving me crazy.

Thanks

Do you use wireless security (ie WEP, WPA, etc) if you do the best way is to set your AP WEP-128Bit that’s the highest security settings that PSP can handle, for now I hope..  If you don’t, check your AP settings and see if you set it to communicate to 802.11b.

I disabled ALL security settings and it still doesn’t work.  My 3Com AP auto senses which band to use and does not give me the option to prefer one of the other.

You have a lot of stuff in the chain. Have you isolated which of the connections you cannot make? The error message you quote is ambiguous. For example, can you ping your access point, but not get through the router? Are other computers connected successfully? Can your laptop join other wireless access points? Are you sure all security settings are disabled? One setting people sometimes overlook is setting the access point to accept only specific MAC addresses. Another idea is to turn on broadcasting of your SSID to help your PC find the access point. When all else fails, have your local power company disconnect your power for 2 hours. It’s the very best reboot.

A final idea, your access point might be auto-sensing the (wrong) band based on some other computer. Try turning all your other computers off. Then check the access point to make no computers outside your house are accidentally connected.  :o