I got a lot of use out of MyWi over the last two years, but I always felt it was a bit finicky and not as secure and stable as I'd like.
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TetherMe, iTether, and MiWi
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I got a lot of use out of MyWi over the last two years, but I always felt it was a bit finicky and not as secure and stable as I'd like.
I'm sorry my idiom has confused you. I suppose this figure of speech is not universal. I did not miss the point. I only meant to express that $20 is a ridiculous amount of money, at least for my purposes, when TetherMe does 99% of what I want at 10% of the cost and without a recurring $10 upgrade fee.
Yes, he has. Obviously no one but him knows for sure, but that's what he's claimed:
https://twitter.com/sbingner/status/31346308392427520
why don't people just use PDA NET? You can use your iphone like wifi hot
spot to connect a laptop or ipad. Its free, works great with iphone4
spot to connect a laptop or ipad. Its free, works great with iphone4why don't people just use PDA NET? You can use your iphone like wifi hot
How does it compare to the others?
I've already bought MyWi but I will be trying out other options after I upgrade to iOS 4.3. I didn't know MyWi was not as secure until I read this thread
I didn't know MyWi was not as secure until I read this thread
I wouldnt worry much about it.
Its not like someone is going to sit there and try to hack into your iphones WEP wifi hotspot.
You can also lower the trasmit power when you tether thru MyWi to 20-30% or something low so for someone to try to get your password will have to be sitting next to you with their laptop to get signal
I wouldnt worry much about it.
Its not like someone is going to sit there and try to hack into your iphones WEP wifi hotspot.
You can also lower the trasmit power when you tether thru MyWi to 20-30% or something low so for someone to try to get your password will have to be sitting next to you with their laptop to get signal
Good idea Thanks!
I will lower the signal on MyWi for now but I still will try out the other options when I can.
Yep, its a good idea cause if your iphone is close to your laptop or ipad for example broadcasting in full strength wifi signal will only eat battery faster and wont make any difference to your data connection
Not all "ad-hoc" networks are created equal. In a true peer-to-peer network, all peers are equal, so no machine is responsible for encryption key management.
WPA w/o a key manager, or WPA-none, has many of the same vulnerabilities as WEP so it isn't commonly used.
AFAIK to get around this, Win7 uses a hybrid approach that implements aspets of infrastructure networking in order to support WPA2. Lets say you have a Win7 ad-hoc network; the primary machine acts as the WPA2 key coordinator. All in all this is a pretty good solution, but not strictly speaking peer-to-peer. If the primary machine exits the network, the network is no longer viable for new connections. Also because the implementation is a bit non-standard, Windows WPA2 ad-hoc has some trouble with connectivity outside of Win7 clients. (Apparently XP SP3 has some support, but isn't properly support by many drivers).
MyWi's "ad-hoc" network is just basic peer-to-peer, so it is not able to support WPA2.
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I wouldnt worry much about it.
Its not like someone is going to sit there and try to hack into your iphones WEP wifi hotspot.
You can also lower the trasmit power when you tether thru MyWi to 20-30% or something low so for someone to try to get your password will have to be sitting next to you with their laptop to get signal
My only concern is that IF somebody has the tools and ability to sniff your traffic, WEP isn't going to provide any protection. But WEP will stop the casual users from leaching your bandwidth.
I really like your point about lowering the broadcast power to reduce the physical threat radius.
It should work the same as the built in tethering. You can put the phone to sleep while tethering.
The main thing about infrastructure (at least for me) is the ability to connect automatically with win7/vista, just like xp does...
If I put mywi my xp machine will automatically connect, when I have to click twice and be aware with vista/7 just to hop in.
If I put mywi my xp machine will automatically connect, when I have to click twice and be aware with vista/7 just to hop in.
The one thing I don't get is why I would need to buy iTether to connect an iPad to a iPhone if I buy Tetherme.
Also, there's another app on Cydia just called Internet Tethering that just enables the built-in tethering that's available in 4.2.1. I haven't read anything about it but it seems a viable option.
There's also PDA Net which I think I'm going to try first.
Also, there's another app on Cydia just called Internet Tethering that just enables the built-in tethering that's available in 4.2.1. I haven't read anything about it but it seems a viable option.
There's also PDA Net which I think I'm going to try first.
iTether - Adds Bluetooth tethering profile to the iPad.
Tetherme - Unlocks native tethering on your 3G device. (USB and BT today. wifi will be added with 4.3)
After the 4.3 JB, you will not require iTether on your iPad, but using it will allow for improved battery life on both devices (since Bluetooth uses less power then wifi).
Much of this thread is about wifi hotspot support and much of the information is speculative. Nothing is going to offer a WPA secured Infrastructure Hotspot for the GSM iPhone until the JB is ready for 4.3. After that you can expect all of the solutions to quickly adopt the native tethering functionality built into 4.3. At that point the biggest differentiating factor will be price.
Yep, its a good idea cause if your iphone is close to your laptop or ipad for example broadcasting in full strength wifi signal will only eat battery faster and wont make any difference to your data connection
This is great info.
I keep my phone right next to my MacBook on the train or in coffee shops, no need to broadcast widely. But have wondered if that setting has an effect on data transmission rate. Now I'll crank it down.
Good summary, but one point still troubles me--and sorry if I haven't read the thread carefully enough: Apple's announcement said that Personal Hotspot requires iPhone 4, so will 3rd party JB solutions be able to overcome this restriction and apply the new tech to 3Gs and lower?
Good summary, but one point still troubles me--and sorry if I haven't read the thread carefully enough: Apple's announcement said that Personal Hotspot requires iPhone 4, so will 3rd party JB solutions be able to overcome this restriction and apply the new tech to 3Gs and lower?
Probably.
We will find out soon.
Good summary, but one point still troubles me--and sorry if I haven't read the thread carefully enough: Apple's announcement said that Personal Hotspot requires iPhone 4, so will 3rd party JB solutions be able to overcome this restriction and apply the new tech to 3Gs and lower?
Like Applejuiced said, probably.
Keep in mind that true hotspot support requires a pretty low level implementation. The older phones use a different chipset for the wifi interface and the driver for the old handsets may not have the required features to allow it to respond like a wifi access point.
The bright side is that even in the worst case, the JB apps have already implemented ad-hoc for any iPhone.
You will be able to use wifi Tethering, but the 'behind the scene' implementation may be slightly less elegant on pre-4 phones.
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iTether is for iPad only. It enables the iPad to Bluetooth network with the iPhone.
TetherMe is for iPhone
Itether is for iPad.
user843 said:
iTether is for iPad only. It enables the iPad to Bluetooth network with the iPhone.
TetherMe is for iPhone
Itether is for iPad.
what i'm wondering is if TetherMe will just use personal hotspot, which would pretty much make mywif irrelevant.
That's what TetherMe already does for the Verizon iPhone and is set to do for 4.3 once it comes out (for GSM iPhones).