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My school's network doesn't support iPhone wifi
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Seriously, the "IT" guy (IE- the computer sci student who was gullible enough to take work study) didn't even know how to set any of it up on my iPhone.
Arg, it still doesn't work on the school's wifi, forcing me to either go visit mr.IT Jr, or use EDGE for those boring lectures.
...I choose edge.
Seriously, the "IT" guy (IE- the computer sci student who was gullible enough to take work study) didn't even know how to set any of it up on my iPhone.
Arg, it still doesn't work on the school's wifi, forcing me to either go visit mr.IT Jr, or use EDGE for those boring lectures.
...I choose edge.
My school is the same way, and it indeed does not work with 802.1x. From what I've read, it is just a software update to the iphone, as osx actually does support it. Apple just needs to add it. Or maybe a native app could be created, but that would require you to hack your phone.
This is what the tech support site says:
Due to secure requiring 802.1x authentication, the Apple iPhones Wi-Fi device is not currently compatible with the secure network. iPhone users will need to rely on their iPhones EDGE wireless technology for their on-campus wireless. AT&T will soon have three additional towers up on campus which should increase ease of use.
Due to secure requiring 802.1x authentication, the Apple iPhones Wi-Fi device is not currently compatible with the secure network. iPhone users will need to rely on their iPhones EDGE wireless technology for their on-campus wireless. AT&T will soon have three additional towers up on campus which should increase ease of use.
My school has three wifi networks that are repeated campus-wide:
UAPublic
-Freely available to everyone, just connect and get online and hit accept. A nice bug is that "Accept" times out, then you hit it again, and apps outside of Safari will be able to use the internet (contrary to what happens on a computer).
UAGuest
-Encrypted, you get a "guest" login from someone else or something.
UAWiFi
-The one everyone (should) use. 802.1x encryption--the iPhone can't connect to it.
Luckily we have pretty good EDGE signal campus-wide, too.
That said, you have it backwards: iPhone doesn't support your school's network. I too am wondering if it's something a software update can give us.
UAPublic
-Freely available to everyone, just connect and get online and hit accept. A nice bug is that "Accept" times out, then you hit it again, and apps outside of Safari will be able to use the internet (contrary to what happens on a computer).
UAGuest
-Encrypted, you get a "guest" login from someone else or something.
UAWiFi
-The one everyone (should) use. 802.1x encryption--the iPhone can't connect to it.
Luckily we have pretty good EDGE signal campus-wide, too.
That said, you have it backwards: iPhone doesn't support your school's network. I too am wondering if it's something a software update can give us.
When the phone was first sold, the 802.1x thing came up right away.
I could swear I read that Apple said they left it out because they didn't know how widespread its use was (at colleges especially), and promised they'd add it (sooner or later).
I could swear I read that Apple said they left it out because they didn't know how widespread its use was (at colleges especially), and promised they'd add it (sooner or later).
I know at my school, I had to register the hardware address of the device I was trying to connect to the network with. (wireless or ethernet) It was pretty easy and could be done through a web interface.
After that, it was as simple as entering the proper WEP password for the wireless.
After that, it was as simple as entering the proper WEP password for the wireless.
I cant connect to WPA2 wireless with AES authentication either. It works fine on my MBP, but the iPhone cant do it... yet.
Um....actually the iPhone is fine with WPA and WPA2. My home network is WPA2 and I never have trouble with it.
bahahaha
Well I can't get to the wireless at my work because the firewall login to the server is flash!
apple help me. adobe help me. someone
Universities. From my understanding, 802.1x is a more advanced network authentication than WEP. It also allows administrators to lock individual people out rather than having to redistribute a WEP key. 802.1x requires each user to have their own account, thus, the iphone isn't compatible because it only allows WEP/WPA(just a password, not individual accounts).
I'm no network wizard or anything, this is just what I've read.
add to that reasoning as well is university are slow moving beast. They can not keep up with the times because it cost ot much. They move slowly. Heck it was only in the past few years my University finally got wireless set up in all major buildings on campus and that was because of cost.
Get use to it. University networks admins are very care about most things (and they should be). It apple fault they did not include that in the iPhone because 802.x is wide spread in colleges.
But of course people refuse to blame apple because apple always does everything the best way. What ever Steve Jobs is the word of god.
hey guys,
I am pretty sure that the Touch will work on my schools wifi, but just to make sure...do you guys know if WPA2 encryption works on the iPhone/Touch? usually i just need to enter my username and password to connect but i just wanted to know.
Thanks!
I am pretty sure that the Touch will work on my schools wifi, but just to make sure...do you guys know if WPA2 encryption works on the iPhone/Touch? usually i just need to enter my username and password to connect but i just wanted to know.
Thanks!
I actually ment to type WPA2 with AES Authentication / PEAP encryption. I have WPA2 set up and working just fine at my home.
Ah....yeah, now that makes sense.
At home I have my router set to accept TKIP or AES.It might not be. It's OS X running on ARM architecture instead of x86 or PowerPC. A lot of stuff probably has to be recompiled and debugged for the different architecture, and I would imagine it might be a little more than just a simple fix.
PinkZepplin, I am in the same boat as you, at LSU and the wireless network is completely useless on the iphone and not that much better on a laptop. Seems like every week my laptop doesn't connect because my PAWS password has expired. Hopefully Apple comes up with a fix for this.
I bet alot of these Universities/Schools do not want the additional drain on the wireless resources that 100's of iPhones would put on it. Their not going to do anything extra to accommodate all of the folks with iPhones.
iPhone/ touch are never gonna work on my school's network as they require a VPN adapter to connect. Wireless signal is weak anyway.