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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So I wanted to ask, has anyone experienced this x next to wifi issue with any Kindle Fires yet?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have, and after a few days of tinkering with it…I have tracked it down that it seems to be a connection issue of some sort to do with automatic DHCP configurations….perhaps related to the way the Kindle handles DHCP? Setting a Static IP on the Kindle Fire removes the X next to the wifi in every instance I have come across, the user gets library policy agree page, and all is well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(fixed two of them over the weekend with home routers at the person’s house by simply setting a static IP) is this a glitch perhaps?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This x next to wifi issue is well documented on Amazon’s support site….and I guess happens on many home routers as well<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/?ref=cm_cd_ttp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx1AHP0OSDCWLFK&tag=gmgamzn-20">http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/?ref=cm_cd_ttp_ef_tft_tp?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx1D7SY3BVSESG&cdThread=Tx1AHP0OSDCWLFK&tag=gmgamzn-20</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Kindle in question has the latest version of the Kindle software. However, this x next to wifi issue has been pretty hit or miss…with one patron all I had to do was reboot that Kindle Fire and it fixed itself, the other it took manually assigning an IP to fix it…like it just wouldn’t connect with DHCP.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am running ISC DHCP Server…http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So In the meantime, I am going to set up an updated version of it by an access point with upgraded software and run a few tests here and see if it is a glitch in the ISC software that’s resolved by updating to the newest release that just came out last week, perhaps its an incompatibility with the Access Point?.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am running an older Linksys Access Point(I have forced it into G only mode), and it has the latest Firmware update available for it dated june 2010.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone has come across this issue and found any type of fix for it. I would like to hear what you done to resolve it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As always this list is a great resource. Thanks Guys/Gals! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ron Woods<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Computer Services Manager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>St. Clairsville Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>740-695-2062<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.stclibrary.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>woodsro@oplin.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>