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Stupid Wi Fi question

Sorry if this is too simplistic but I have just bought an XDA Exec and am trying to configure it for wi-fi. Unfortunately, when it asks for the wep key I try and enter it but it wont fit. There seems to be space for only 20 characters and the wep key is 26 characters long. Any ideas please. I have previously set up wi-fi on a Sony TH55 and an Ipaq 5550 with no problems but this XDA has beaten me! :shock:

change to a shorter wep key?

Even thought there appears to be less room than necessary, you can go right ahead and input all the numbers!
Cheers
DC :wink:

davidberrysmith said:
change to a shorter wep key?
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I suppose i could do that but it means a lower level of wireless security. That seems to be a retrograde step. I thought this thing was cutting edge. :roll:

dc said:
Even thought there appears to be less room than necessary, you can go right ahead and input all the numbers!
Cheers
DC :wink:
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You were absolutely right. Thanks very much for the help!

Thank you for the help. The screen on this thing is excellent. I think I'm going to like it!

No probs!
How do you actually manage to not kill your wifi network? As you can read from my post, when I connect, my network crashes

dc said:
No probs!
How do you actually manage to not kill your wifi network? As you can read from my post, when I connect, my network crashes
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Not sure why but it works perfectly at the moment. It's connected via a BT Voyager 2000 along with a desktop PC and an iBook and they are all fine.

Using the wizard GPRS as a modem for a laptop

Sorry if this has been asked before. I couldnt find anything searching.
My question is, is it possible to use my wizard's GPRS connection as a modem for my laptop?
THanks in advance!

Also, I'd like to be doing this via USB.
Thanks

Marlz said:
Also, I'd like to be doing this via USB.
Thanks
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Check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=50015
For some reason they call it "tethering" which is accurate but a little confusing.

Heres a nice guide for doing this:
http://www.pdagold.com/articles/detail.asp?a=269

MDA Vario II & 3G Connection

Hi guys
It's been a while since I posted to the forum and I apologise if this question has already been asked.
I have an MDA Vario II with a T Mobile web&walk 3G internet connection.
My question:
My notebook PC has wireless networking, is it possible for me to wirelessly connect my notebook to the internet using the 3G connection on my MDA Vario II?
Cheers
John

Yes...
Asking a question you havn't bothered to search for isn't excused by appologising for not searching at the beggining of the question... its only marginly less anoying.
google: your question
or
google: your question site:xda-developers.com
should help you out.

Cheer up!
Who said I didn't do a search?

yep possible, but against the terms and conditions on £7.50 W&W.
you need to turn off the active sync on your laptop tho, well i had too!

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fil said:
yep possible, but against the terms and conditions on £7.50 W&W.
Many of us have wnw pro and are allowed to stream and use voip and connect over modem etc.
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Or Like me i have WnW Max 10gb a month and i can do with it whatever i want with no restrictions, btw i got a very good deal with flext 35 only 42.50 per month

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fuzzysb said:
Or Like me i have WnW Max 10gb a month and i can do with it whatever i want with no restrictions, btw i got a very good deal with flext 35 only 42.50 per month
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I joined as a business user when I bought my MDAIII and when I upgraded to the MDA Vario 2 I managed to get the flext 20 package (£34 allowance for calls and texts) with unlimited usage and web n walk pro enabling me to use anything I want as much as I want for as long as I want and I pay £25.49 per month. I can use skype (although I rarely use the chat and never use it for actual calls as no one I know uses it anyway).
I found the rick was that they mucked things up for me so many times when I switched contracts that each time they gave me a discount. I dont think I am getting that good a deal now but at the time it wasnt bad.
I do use my MDA as a mode for my very small JVC laptop quite reguarly and its very good. I have only been unable to do it once and that was near wrexam

Um, isn't the answer to this that you can't do it using the Wifi, but you can using Bluetooth or USB.
With BT is was reasonably easy in WM5, in WM6 you need a laptop BT stack which implements BT PAN properly (mine doesn't) so I just wire them together.
USB is considerably faster - I get 850kbs in London.
As for it being against the T&Cs of basic WnW, a lot of people seem to get away with it once in a while, but hammering it with big downloads is bound to get you a slap.

mobilecat said:
I do use my MDA as a mode for my very small JVC laptop quite reguarly and its very good. I have only been unable to do it once and that was near wrexam
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Does your JVC connect to the modem in the MDAIII wirelessly?
Can you briefly explain what I need to achieve this?
Thanks
John

patp said:
Um, isn't the answer to this that you can't do it using the Wifi, but you can using Bluetooth or USB.
With BT is was reasonably easy in WM5, in WM6 you need a laptop BT stack which implements BT PAN properly (mine doesn't) so I just wire them together.
USB is considerably faster - I get 850kbs in London.
As for it being against the T&Cs of basic WnW, a lot of people seem to get away with it once in a while, but hammering it with big downloads is bound to get you a slap.
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Thanks Patp
If wired, I understand Activesync must not be running but do I need other software & is it difficult to setup?
Cheers

datasafe said:
Thanks Patp
If wired, I understand Activesync must not be running but do I need other software & is it difficult to setup?
Cheers
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If you have flashed a WM6 rom it's a doddle, you just run Intenet Sharing on the handset and tell it to use USB, hit connect and it disconnects Activesync automatically and sets up a network access point on the laptop. For a minute I thought I'd accidently picked up a mac, it "just works".
In WM5 it's a right old pain, you have to set up a dial-up account for the handset, tell it to dial something (?) and run the modem program on the handset. I'd upgrade if you haven't done so already, it's one of the big pluses of WM6.

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datasafe said:
Does your JVC connect to the modem in the MDAIII wirelessly?
Can you briefly explain what I need to achieve this?
Thanks
John
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No I keep a mini usb retractable cable with me for when I need it (doubles as charger in car or home etc). Wonderful as my laptop is it doesn't have bluetooth connectivity and its as easy to wire as it would be to get a bluetooth dongle. I just found the instructions here and it works fine.

Internet through USB from PC

Hi All,
I have searched the forums but can't find anything on my specific issue. I used to have an XDA Orbit and if I connected it via USB I could use my PC's internet connection. Is there anyway I can do this with my shiny new G1. The reason I’m asking is I have bugger all reception at work and the Wi-Fi is located in another building, which is too far away.
Please help!

Hi,
My above post has been moved here but im not trying to connect my pc to the internet using my phone, im trying to conect my phone to the internet through my PC.
As far as I can see this post does not apply to my question, can somebody please help? I can't be the only one this applies to!

If the computer has wifi and is connected to the internet through wired network it can be done...
Is this your case?

My work PC doesn't have Wi-Fi. My home PC does though.
All I want is for my G1 to be able to use my computers internet conection via USB. My old XDA Orbit used to be able to do it via active sync.
i.e I can surf the web on my phone using USB connection as the access point
Any ideas?

As far as I know this probably will not work, but you can try reversing the port forward technique with ADB

ianmason said:
My work PC doesn't have Wi-Fi. My home PC does though.
All I want is for my G1 to be able to use my computers internet conection via USB. My old XDA Orbit used to be able to do it via active sync.
i.e I can surf the web on my phone using USB connection as the access point
Any ideas?
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Why would you want to surf the web through the phone when you have a PC on the other end of that wire which does the same thing, but better?

LPChris said:
Why would you want to surf the web through the phone when you have a PC on the other end of that wire which does the same thing, but better?
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Several reasons that i can think of
1? Bad reception indoors, so i can waste time at work by downloading useless apps on my G1, and everyone thinks im working.
2? My cell provider charges me for internet bandwith usage (per kb/mb), im cheap and don't wanna pay them.
3? I'm a massochist, and enjoy using the G1's browser more than firefox(bleh!)
4? I'm running out of reasons now
All this hypothetically could be hypothetical.
Yup, im bored at work

Exactly, item 1 sums it up. I have no reception at work so if I have a data connection I can get email notifications and test out my apps. I can't believe no one else is missing this feature. On my xda I had it set up to sync with my various email accounts etc. It wouldn,t be a problem if tmobile's reception wasn't so poor!

I would assume it is possible but would have to forward ports from your computer to the phone, similar to how the thetherbot app forwards ports from the phone to the computer. But I may be wrong that could be a one way street for data.

Wow...you are a masochist As much as I like the browser on the g1 compared to other phones..I just don't see why you'd always want to use it instead of a PC

I don't want to surf the web on the G1 when right infront of me I have a PC. I simply want it to have a reliable data connection when I'm at work. As I have no signal from t bloody mobile and no wifi!
Nobody made a sync application similar to MS ActiveSync?

Why would we make something that is already built in?

ohh forget it. Your obviously not reading what i've written.

ianmason said:
ohh forget it. Your obviously not reading what i've written.
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No you obviously haven't paid attention.
Why would we create something to sync our phone to our computer when it does it all OTA. On top of this how did you expect it to sync our calendar and such when it is all proprietary?
What exactly do you want "sync'd"?
And once again... I am sure you could figure it out if you read up on adb forward commands.

ianmason said:
Hi All,
I have searched the forums but can't find anything on my specific issue. I used to have an XDA Orbit and if I connected it via USB I could use my PC's internet connection. Is there anyway I can do this with my shiny new G1. The reason I’m asking is I have bugger all reception at work and the Wi-Fi is located in another building, which is too far away.
Please help!
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As my first post says I have no reception at work at all, this means I go all day without being able to sync my various email accounts etc. I would also like to be able to demo what our device can do to my collegues. unfortunately i don't understand adb or indeed know what it stands for and as I have no programming knowledge i thought I would speak with people that do.
I will try to figure it out for myself and post my findings here. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks it would be useful.

I'm also looking for some solution to use my Laptop's internet connection on my G1 via USB. The reason for this is I have a very weak neighbors wifi and only my Laptop can connect to it. I am writing android apps that need to connect to the internet.

cmavr8 said:
If the computer has wifi and is connected to the internet through wired network it can be done...
Is this your case?
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How can you use the computers wifi to send internet to the g1... while the computer has a wired connection..... please let me know.... I has windows vista..... I would luv to know this... thank you.... please send the info to [email protected]... thank you!!!

dotdevil said:
How can you use the computers wifi to send internet to the g1... while the computer has a wired connection..... please let me know.... I has windows vista..... I would luv to know this... thank you.... please send the info to [email protected]... thank you!!!
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you could set up an adhoc connection on the computer and connect to it on the g1 then bridge the networks

unfortunately my work PC does not have a Wi-Fi card so this wouldn't work. damn it whys it so complicated!?! :-(

You could just buy a router.

ppc and wifi-internet sharing question on pc.

i have a huge problem ..well here's the thing,i have pc without wifi but there i have a ppc(xperia x1) which has a wifi..so i want to use my ppc to scan wifi networks on my pc(connection : ppc with wifi on>usb>pc)..this is needed because i want to crack down that locked networks,i cant do that on x1 because i havent found any good wifi pen-testing tools.
i have tryed this showthread.php?t=341398 but its so hard to understand ..
pls help me,post links or something .
(sorry if it is in worng section..)
what i want to do is basiclly have wifi on the pc using the pda's built in antenna...

http://www.wmwifirouter.com/

i already have that but i dont know how to make it work...

That depends on ISC compatibility. Many devices can't share from 3g data to wifi properly.

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That depends on ISC compatibility. Many devices can't share from 3g data to wifi properly.
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i want to share wifi to usb to pc

viper. said:
i already have that but i dont know how to make it work...
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That, and this should work, but your PC should have WIFI to search.

anagarika said:
That, and forum xda-developers com/showthread php? p=4170499]this should work, but your PC should have WIFI to search.
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i dont have wifi on pc -.-
what i want to do is basiclly have wifi on the pc using the pda's built in antenna... so i was wondering if it is possible to make the pda some sort of adapter for the pc to use via usb/bluetooth?(i want to search for some wifi networks through that connection,i will try to crack wep key )

Wifi to USB
Ok, i was searching for the same, but not to crack wep key ...anyway i found this. ICS Control, it has a lot of settings and looks like its made for experts but it will work for you.
I can not test it at the moment but what i get from that post, it does the job!
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ICS Control v.21 - utility for controlling internet connection sharing
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lysdexical said:
Yes. I guess I should point that out as that is probably what people want to do with it. It should be able to share between any set of adapters. The common ones of course would be:
Cellular to Wifi,
Cellular to Bluetooth PAN,
Cellular to USB.
But it should also work with more "interesting" combinations like:
VPN to Wifi - get wireless clients onto a VPN
Wifi to Bluetooth - allow bluetooth network devices to access a WLAN.
Wifi to USB - basically the pda acts as a wireless network card for the pc
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BlackMoonZero said:
Ok, i was searching for the same, but not to crack wep key ...anyway i found this. ICS Control, it has a lot of settings and looks like its made for experts but it will work for you.
I can not test it at the moment but what i get from that post, it does the job!
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nice,thx on that... is there any tutorial for this ,its complicated as i see

well i have managed to do somthing ,now my pc sees the phone as LAN network ...but still i dont know how to search for other wifi netowrks..