Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Counterintuitive! --- Susan Hastings Mobile: 0409688004 On 21/11/2010, at 3:59 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hi Steven, I won't go into why hiding your SSID doesn't actually make your Wireless Network secure or harder to find. If you want your SSID to stay hidden try this: 1. First delete your present network settings on your iPhone. 2. Next, make the SSID visible on your router. 3. Next, on your phone, set up your network using other, put everything in manually under other. 4. Connect. 5. Once connected, turn the SSID off on your router. Your phone should connect automatically after this. The important point is to manually enter everything in other. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 6:42 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Hi Steven, I won't go into why hiding your SSID doesn't actually make your Wireless Network secure or harder to find. If you want your SSID to stay hidden try this: 1. First delete your present network settings on your iPhone. 2. Next, make the SSID visible on your router. 3. Next, on your phone, set up your network using other, put everything in manually under other. 4. Connect. 5. Once connected, turn the SSID off on your router. Your phone should connect automatically after this. The important point is to manually enter everything in other. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 6:42 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
On 21/11/2010, at 7:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Can you enlarge on this Ronni? My WiFi network has a hidden SSID, and I have no trouble connecting to it automatically from my iPhone, nor from my iMac or my Macbook Pro. Not only the SSID hidden, I'm also using WAPA2 encryption with a complex password, which I really DON'T want to be entering every time I want to access it myself, especially on my iPhone. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Peter, I'm using a closed network in conjunction with WPA Personal security. No issues with any other Mac connecting, just the iPhone. And from the limited testing I've done, it doesn't seem to be isolated to the fact that I have a closed network anyway. The only other issue I've had in the past is with Windows machines being able to connect to the closed network with WPA security combination, with the workaround being to temporary lift the security and broadcast the SSID (which one of those fixes the problem I don't know). I don't have the background to understand the technological differences between broadcasting and not broadcasting an SSID, but it seems to me that it has some privacy upside, and conceptually shouldn't create any technical issues if a device knows the network name and security access details. I haven't tried your latest suggestion yet Ronni, but I'll give it a go when time and let you know the result. Cheers, Steven On 22/11/2010, at 10:37 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 21/11/2010, at 7:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Can you enlarge on this Ronni? My WiFi network has a hidden SSID, and I have no trouble connecting to it automatically from my iPhone, nor from my iMac or my Macbook Pro. Not only the SSID hidden, I'm also using WAPA2 encryption with a complex password, which I really DON'T want to be entering every time I want to access it myself, especially on my iPhone. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hidden SSID does not work with iPhone 3G. Utilise WPA2 with a strong password, from memory I think 192 characters can be used, but I would go with minimum of 32 possibly adding some symbols also with of course upper lower case using zero not O easier when adding to phone/appliance. Hiding your WiFi SSID is a waste of time and resources for your AP: 1: It takes no time to find hidden networks, just check your appliance when probing for networks. 2: It adds extra resources to your WiFi network actually slowing it down. 3: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea, see follow up post. Cheers! RobD On 21Nov2010, at 7:25 pm, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Hi Steven, I won't go into why hiding your SSID doesn't actually make your Wireless Network secure or harder to find. If you want your SSID to stay hidden try this: 1. First delete your present network settings on your iPhone. 2. Next, make the SSID visible on your router. 3. Next, on your phone, set up your network using other, put everything in manually under other. 4. Connect. 5. Once connected, turn the SSID off on your router. Your phone should connect automatically after this. The important point is to manually enter everything in other. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 6:42 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: The strange thing is, the iPhone does remember the closed network. Each time I come back into range, if I go into iPhone's settings, the Wi-Fi setting says Not Connected. If I tap this setting, the Choose a Network section displays the name of the closed network. So obviously the iPhone is remembering. It's just that the iPhone won't remember the password, because if I tap the name of the network, up comes a password request. The disadvantages of broadcasting the SSID outweigh the disadvantages of having to manually connect, so I won't be broadcasting the SSID. The iPhone shouldn't behave that way anyway. Nevertheless, I've just tested things by changing to an open wireless network, closed down the iPhone a couple of times, restarted, but no change ... I'm still required to enter a password to join the network, despite the network name being remembered. No behavioural change between closed and open network. Cheers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 7:22 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, The iPhone won't discover a closed WiFi network that is not broadcasting the SSID. You can force it to use it if you manually punch the SSID and encryption in, but it is lost every time you turn off your iPhone or go out of range of the network. Bottom line: broadcast your SSID. Cheers, Ronni On 21/11/2010, at 4:15 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Thanks Ronni. I should have clarified, I've tried with Ask to Join Networks set to On, but still the Auto-Join setting won't stay On, and my iPhone doesn't automatically join the network. I run the network as a closed network, ie. SSID not broadcast, but that shouldn't matter, I've saved the name of it, and the password, in the iPhone. The name of the network is saved, however each time I have to manually join, I have to rekey the network password, which is a pain. CHeers, Steven On 21/11/2010, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Steven, You need Ask to Join Networks turned ON in Settings Wi-Fi Then known networks will be joined automatically. If no known networks are available. You will be asked before joining a new network. Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 2.66GHz / 8GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm OS X 10.6.4 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) On 21/11/2010, at 3:39 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines -
Re: iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Hi Peter, I've just arrived back in and went to answer your question, and what I was typing is exactly the same as Rob has done. We both must do our research similarly. Thanks Rob, you have saved me some time :-) Cheers, Ronni On 22/11/2010, at 8:37 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 21/11/2010, at 7:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Also, I meant to add, but hit send before I typed this: Automatically connecting to a network with a hidden SSID is a bad idea. Can you enlarge on this Ronni? My WiFi network has a hidden SSID, and I have no trouble connecting to it automatically from my iPhone, nor from my iMac or my Macbook Pro. Not only the SSID hidden, I'm also using WAPA2 encryption with a complex password, which I really DON'T want to be entering every time I want to access it myself, especially on my iPhone. Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 064 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
iPhone doesn't auto connect to wireless network
Despite having my iPhone 3G Ask to Join Networks switched to off, the SSID and password of my home network saved, my iPhone just doesn't want to automatically log into the network. I have to manually join each time I come back within range. I've noticed the Auto-Join feature, which I can see if I select the name of my network, however despite repeatedly setting this to On, it won't stay on. Even if I set to On, scroll down so that the feature scrolls out of sight, and scroll it back into view, during that process the Auto-Join feature switches back to Off. I also have Auto-Login set to On, which doesn't seem to work. Anyone have a clue how I can get Auto-Join to stay on? Cheers, Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
