Sound to me like there is a need to state and clearify some things here.
The Nokia device will tell you " No Gateway Reply", when your access-point conenction setup is not valid, or if you are out of coverage.
invalid setup can be, incorrect username, password, or security setting or a tons of other things and settings.
What allways happends in WiFi is that you will try to assosiate with a SSID, then Authenticate, and last you obtain IP adress from DHCP.
So that is the things that can go wrong.
If you have WiFi problems, then you need to try to locate where you go wrong.
SSID is obvios - try a broadcast SSID and let the phone find it.
Then authenticate towards the SSID - You need to know the security type used. Is it f.ex WEP you need to know if its 64 or 128 bit WEP keys used. You can tell this by the length of the WEP. 26 chars is 128 bit WEP.
The WEP key is like a password, hence its case sensitive.
Please take note that because your WiFi network device supports WEP, dont mean it support WPA2
Also note that if you can successfully connect to a open shared SSID, dont mean you can conenct to WEP SSID on the same device type.
After authentification is passed then your device will broadcast after the DHCP server, andtry to obtain IP adress.
simplest setup:
try a broadcast SSID and let the phone find it.
keep the SSID open and shared (no security - BE AWARE that your neighbors like this aswell, so test only)
verify that your device gets an IP !
When you do this you have WiFi LAN connectivity, and you will be able to ping you device from f.ex. a LAN-cable attached PC.
Get the older tool called ifinfo.sis as this will verify your IP adress setting, and hence tell you that your setup works locally.
Now onto the senariio of internet connectivity.
As we have etsablished that local LAN is ok and you can ping your phone, must home setups will have no problem using the Net.
normal throubleshooting for internet applies:
Can you resolve names, can you ping you gateway, are there any gateway authentification, are there any proxy setting.
your Nokia WiFi must reflect your senario.
Once you have this simplest setup running, you can try ping your phone with the "-t" option, hence continuoesly, and try walking around you home and record/notice the reply of the ping.
If you have bad coverage / dead zones, try adjusting your position of the WiFi AP.
Is it all bad, then you could have a hardware fault, like a defective antenna in the handset, or AP for that matter.
in rare senarios external interferrence might occur in the airspace, and you will have a hard time looking for the cause, and further more correcting the cause.
examples could be : bad microwave owen, over-the-air video-links and likes, childrens toys that uses 2,4 ghz, bluetooth device have been reported to interfer aswell.
When you finally have the deal done, you can go ahead and close up on the security settings.
Just keep in mind the basic steps of WiFi assosiation.
In regards to handset that do not obtain an DHCP ip adress, and you have to type the Ip in manually.
Dont !
The Nokia device do support DHCP, hence this should and must work, otherwise use ifinfo.sis to verify. try other networks with similar open/shared setting. Debug if you can from log in you DHCP server, could be you routers DHCP scope thats bad.
Upgrade your firmware ! -both router/wireless AP, and handset ! if any newer is available.
Keep Nokia on the hot-chairs ! This is a bug if it do not work !
I recall perfectly that it was over 1 full year before the Nokia N80 firmware worked fully in wireless setups.
There are several reports of SOHO device that have problems with specific handsets and other devices.
You could consider jsut buying a new WiFi AP - the costs is failly low theses day, and you may end up speding less time throubleshooting and more time surfing !
