Okay, that's great to hear. I can't believe they didn't even prompt you or let you know. Pretty wild.
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AT&T Makes Hot Spot Usage Much More Convenient with iPhone 3.0
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Okay, that's great to hear. I can't believe they didn't even prompt you or let you know. Pretty wild.
I'm at the local barnes & noble with the new firmware just installed. The join was seamless and automatic. The only limitation is that it seems you have to launch safari once first before other services (mail, FB app, etc) become available.
A very nice change from the irritating process from before. What I'd like to see is ATT free wifi access extended to iphone customers for laptops too. It's silly to provide full access for the iphone but not the laptop sitting right next to it.
A very nice change from the irritating process from before. What I'd like to see is ATT free wifi access extended to iphone customers for laptops too. It's silly to provide full access for the iphone but not the laptop sitting right next to it.
I did a little reasearch and while there was a way to do it, it seems AT&T shut it down. Back to the tethering thing though, wouldn't it be better for you to use bandwidth off a WiFi router rather than using the more limited and more precious (especially in AT&T's case) wireless bandwidth? I'd think AT&T might want to encourage people to conserve wireless bandwidth by letting them use the relatively cheaper and wider wifi bandwidth, but maybe not. Anyway, who uses laptops anymore? That is so 2000s.
I leave mine off unless im home I get 2MBPS on 3G 250-400KBPS on school wifi take your pick!
Hm. I work at a hospital with a wifi system that forces you to just hit a "I accept these terms blahblahblah" button in your web browser every 12 hours or so, but today when I got to work with the 3.0 software, my iPhone didn't have to do that.
Does anyone know if this new "automatic authentication" is smart enough to work with things besides the AT&T hotspots? If so that would be pretty cool!
Does anyone know if this new "automatic authentication" is smart enough to work with things besides the AT&T hotspots? If so that would be pretty cool!
I found a bunch of articles from a year ago like the below one that suggest a workaround involving tricking the wifi spot into thinking your laptop is an iphone. does this still work?
http://lifehacker.com/386168/get-free-wi+fi-access-on-your-laptop-at-starbucks-barnes-and-noble
hilarious, same article i just found. but where did you hear about this being shut down?
That would be the coolest thing ever. I hate hitting the accept button. What a pain. And the phone goes stupid till you hit it.
I'm at my hospital (work) right now. In the past, everytime I opened up Safari to surf the net over their wireless, we would have to hit "accept" on a policy page (basically telling them we would download illegal things, look at porn, etc.). Now, we don't have to do that everytime we open up Safari! It asked me once (when I first connected) and that's it! This seems like the best thing I have found in 3.0 so far.
So much for Wasted Money
I guess now I can delete Easy Wi Fi Fi ..... Why did I pay in the first place?
I guess now I can delete Easy Wi Fi Fi ..... Why did I pay in the first place?
This is exactly what it's for. When you attempt to use the wifi, it slides up a safari window with the page asking you to login to accept the terms, just like before, but now when you login, it just slides out of the way and never asks you again. Unless the authentication method changes of course.
...Didn't have any luck. It loaded the new 3.0 login screen on top of the safari page (nice replacement for the redirect it did before) but i still had to enter my phone number and get a text before it would connect.
Maybe it's some sort of rollout that isn't automatically available everywhere immediately? Are you sure you were using wifi and not just edge/3G?
Has anyone else had success yet?
That's how it's always worked on, for example, your home wireless network. Apparently they say it should work like that at AT&T hotspots now as well. I personally tried (see above) and didn't have any luck, waiting to hear from someone who has.
Breaks HTTP authentication
It may be great for AT&T hotspots, but it completely breaks HTTP authenticated wireless. Our school uses HTTP authentication, and with 3.0 you can't get on the network at all.
The Wifi Hotspot auto-login will pop up and warn you that it cannot complete because the server has issued a HTTP authentication request. It will then leave you with a white screen with the only option being a cancel button. Upon pressing cancel, you are disassociated with the access point. This is going to be a huge problem if it isn't fixed by August when students come back.
With regards to PEAP, I have been able to connect to a PEAP secure network - I used the iPhone configuration utility to set it up before trying to connect, so I don't know if it would have prompted me for all of the settings on the device if I hadn't prepared in advance.
It may be great for AT&T hotspots, but it completely breaks HTTP authenticated wireless. Our school uses HTTP authentication, and with 3.0 you can't get on the network at all.
The Wifi Hotspot auto-login will pop up and warn you that it cannot complete because the server has issued a HTTP authentication request. It will then leave you with a white screen with the only option being a cancel button. Upon pressing cancel, you are disassociated with the access point. This is going to be a huge problem if it isn't fixed by August when students come back.
With regards to PEAP, I have been able to connect to a PEAP secure network - I used the iPhone configuration utility to set it up before trying to connect, so I don't know if it would have prompted me for all of the settings on the device if I hadn't prepared in advance.
I'm jealous - none of the 2 hospitals I work at have wifi and my current one pretty much blocks any non medical website. The other has a PITA login process. I'd go crazy without my iPhone.
OK, don't laugh . . . but
I'm switching from an iPod Touch to an iPhone. (In 2 days!!!)
Why will I still care about Wi-Fi hotspots once I get my iPhone? Is it a lot faster? I thought I'd be putting that issue to rest once I switched to the iPhone from the iPod (with which I was always trying to get Wi-Fi wherever I could).
Am I just surfing too late at night to think straight?
I'm switching from an iPod Touch to an iPhone. (In 2 days!!!)
Why will I still care about Wi-Fi hotspots once I get my iPhone? Is it a lot faster? I thought I'd be putting that issue to rest once I switched to the iPhone from the iPod (with which I was always trying to get Wi-Fi wherever I could).
Am I just surfing too late at night to think straight?
I noticed this a few weeks ago. I went to a sushi place right next to a Starbucks, and I noticed my iPhone was connected to a network. I checked which one, and it said "att". I just thought "cool, this works automatically now."