I have just purchased a LOOX C550 and am experiencing problems accessing the internet via WIFI. After viewing this and other forums I decided not to use the E2C and log on using the WLAN icon in the bottom right of the front page. This seems to work well and I achieve connectivity with my wireless router (Linksys DG834GT).
To help investigate I have also downloaded and installed WiFiCompanion which is a very useful utility. It shows that I have a link, that I have acquired an IP address, the signal strength and data rate - all seems to be fine. However when I try to access a web site (using sitting within a meter of the access point) sometimes I am lucky but very often not with the timeout message appearing. I have tried Opera mobile - same story. In these circumstances the TraceRt untility in WiFi Companion shows nothing being sent from the C550 and as you would expect pinging does not work either.
I have also tried manually setting up the DNS, and changing the WiFi channel on the router, but the problem continues. On one occasion this morning it actually worked for a time, but next time it did not.
Having had an HP in the past which connected fine, albeit 802.11b, this is proving to be a very frustrating experience.
Just to make sure that I wasn't doing anything daft I tried my laptop using the same settings - absolutely no problems.
I do not know whether others have experienced similar issues but would be interested to hear of any thoughts.
Thanks