My original question was misleading. Let's forget the Android device for a moment. If a user logs into a computer, his credentials are checked on the network and he has access the Admin grants to him/her.
So without changing the whole Android System, I need a way to authenticate the user on the network through my application. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Chris Ross <cross+goo...@distal.com<cross%2bgoo...@distal.com> > wrote: > > "The other side", as in something beyond the network level, or do you mean > the authentication used to connect to the WiFi network, via enterprise WPA > or some such? If the authentication is done after the WiFi connection is > established, than the way you asked the original question seems unusual. > > I'd assumed you were talking about per-user authentication to/with the > Access Point, which is fairly common in enterprise/corporate environments... > > - Chris > > On Aug 3, 2010, at 4:54 PM, Kevin Brooks wrote: > > > The real issue is logging into the network that is on the other side of > that Access Point. I apologize for not making that clear before. > > > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Kevin Brooks <bear35...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I am not looking to create a true Multi-user Android environment. My > idea > > > would be for my application to change the WiFi settings then connect. > > > > Well, WifiManager has addNetworkConfiguration(), > > getConfiguredNetworks(), disconnect(), and so on. It is not out of the > > question you can use this for your aims. I do not know what > > permissions you need, if any, and I do not know if the API is rich > > enough for your needs. > > > > However, I don't see where any of that will do you any good. Most WiFi > > access points do not support multiple configurations, one per user, > > regardless of what your device expects. Similarly, most households and > > businesses do not have one WiFi access point per user. I don't know > > where your other accounts are going to come from. > > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > > Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > > > ATTENTION: Android-Beginners will be permanently disabled on August 9 > 2010. For more information about this change, please read [ > http://goo.gl/xkfl] or visit the Group home page. > > > > Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > > > > > > > -- > > Kevin > > Proverbs 21:6 > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > > > ATTENTION: Android-Beginners will be permanently disabled on August 9 > 2010. For more information about this change, please read [ > http://goo.gl/xkfl] or visit the Group home page. > > > > Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Beginners" group. > > ATTENTION: Android-Beginners will be permanently disabled on August 9 2010. > For more information about this change, please read [http://goo.gl/xkfl] > or visit the Group home page. > > Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-beginners%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en > -- Kevin Proverbs 21:6 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. ATTENTION: Android-Beginners will be permanently disabled on August 9 2010. For more information about this change, please read [http://goo.gl/xkfl] or visit the Group home page. Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
