Wi-fi to Pc solved (750d etc)

safranek wrote:

Could you write down the steps you connected? I tried to connect my 760d but it doesn't work. Which wifi mode of the camera did you use (dlna, mobile phone etc.)?

Hello mate. I'm away from my camera and pc atm but I'll try and remember from memory. If I can't then we can do it again later when im home.

Make sure your mobile is off if you have Canon wireless apps installed (or just uninstall them).

-On my 750d in its settings, turn 'wifi/nfc' to 'enable' (next, assuming you've already gone through the initial setup, but if not then you'll have to then enter a nickname for your camera).

-then in 750d settings choose 'wi-fi function'. That then brings up the screen to select what you want to connect to. Chose 'connect to smartphone'. The reason you choose 'smartphone' is because Airnef is going to emulate one.

- I think the camera will then ask you to select a mode. I think you have a choice between 'camera access point mode' or 'infrastructure mode'. They differ in that 'infrastructure mode' will reach Airnef through your router that's connected to the PC, whereas the 'camera access point mode' makes the camera create its own wireless network that doesn't go through the router, and you'd have to tell the pc to disconnect from its wired Ethernet connection and then connect to the camera's WiFi network (you'd need a wifi enabled PC or laptop to be able to do that).

I prefer infrastructure mode because you don't have to keep disconnecting the PC's wired Ethernet connection (via network connections), you just connect Airnef and your camera wirelessly through the router. In the camera & when you initially setup your infrastructure mode connection to the router  you'll have to enter your router's wifi network details, ie wifi password of your network etc (there's also the push button WPS setup option but I didn't use that). Don't click on any advanced options, just chose the defaults or auto options.

-on the camera during setup or during connection leave all settings choices on easy or auto.

- start Airnef. In its settings at the top of the screen do this: Canon cameras support SSDP Discovery, which allows Airnef to automatically discover the IP address of your camera when you've set the camera's IP address to "Auto". Simply type "Auto" for the Camera IP address field in Airnef. However, SSDP Discovery may not work on all systems so if Airnef is failing to discover your camera then use the Manual IP address method instead. (Note recap: So it's important in the camera to leave the the cameras ip address on auto, and also type Auto in to Airnef for the IP settings)

There's more detailed instructions here including a YouTube video explaining how to use Airnef: http://www.testcams.com/airnef/

Please let me know if you still have trouble as I'll go through the procedure from scratch when I'm home and write down a more detailed and accurate set of instructions.