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GPRS or WiFi priority

Hi,
Got my Jasjar today and very happy with it. I am in and out of a LOT of Wifi zones daily so was wondering if there is a way, when WiFi and GPRS are both on and im in a WiFi area all net connections use WiFi not GPRS/3G if both are active.
I did a test and it seemed my messenger program was still using the GPRS connection when on the WiFi Network.
Cheers
Stot

I need to get a proper answer - but I have discovered this.
I walked home from work the other day on MSN using 3G.
I arrived home, and the unit picked up my WiFi signal and connected.
I then dropped the phone (radio) link using the control panel.
The MSN connection remained active, and I remained on WiFi even when bringing up the phone radio again. WiFi was definately being used in this instance.
I wasn't able to tell whether or not this would work WITHOUT turning the phone part off and back on again.

Yeah that is whats happening here. I put on GPRS monnitor and set it to watch the GPRS connection only and hit my WiFi spot, even when wifi was connected it was still using the GPRS to send/recieve internet data. If I then turn off GPRS the it carrys on as if nothing had happened on Wifi.
With the cost of mobile Data these days it really should always default to a connected WiFi connection if its available and not the GPRS/3G connection.
I suppose a utility that disconnected GPRS when a WiFi connection becomes active would effectively do this as once you are out of the WiFi spot GPRS would be initiated to make connection.
Cheers
Stot

wifi-gprs

i have had a quick look and cannot see a related posy but i appologise if there is
i have just got the mda 3 on t mobile web and walk with 40 mb
i have wanadoo wireless in my home and using the wi fi in my mda3 it has connected
all ok u say
what i am not sure of is when i am wifi connected to wanadoo and then click on internet explorer on my mda it still connects me to gprs,is it supposed to do that and if so will it be charging me,my intention was that i thought if i connected to my wireless home box then i would just go through that and i would be using my wannadoo subscription
do i need to disconnect the gprs in some way
sorry if i sound think but a bit new to all this portable stuff
any help gratefully recieved
dawn

maybe you could create an extra gprs profile with the wrong settings.Then you could switch to that one while at home..just a thought

cheers
maybe i could try that
i am not going to loose anything by trying
thanks again

garethsimpsonuk said:
maybe you could create an extra gprs profile with the wrong settings.Then you could switch to that one while at home..just a thought
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That won't work in my experience.
See my solution request Jasjar PIE will not use WiFi connection - always uses GPRS! on Jan 24 :roll:
If you don't have a valid GPRS connection (say flight mode on) the connections just fail via GPRS and it never even tries Wi-Fi :!:
Opera Browser works for me but I really want Terminal Server Client to work. :evil:

Using internet on Mini s

I've just managed to setup my wireless conection on the mini s and connected up to internet explorer.
When i was messing about the other day and couldn't get wireless working everytime i opened up IE it tried to connect via GPRS but failed (i don't want to connect through anything that i have to pay for!!)
Anyway today i reset machine, setup as corporate and played with my router settings and its connected upto wireless. Now i've gone into IE and it connected up to the webpage straight away.
Question is, it just connected straight in, so i want to make sure that i'm not on GPRS or anything, how do i do that?
Cheers

Sorry I'm a new user and have yet to connect to my wireless network but I thought you could just turn on flight mode and connect using just the pc side of the phone???

I think I have worked it out now. I am typing on the mini s now, great piece of kit! I have noticed that if you are on gprs (or its trying to connect through that) then a G appears where the connection icon is. that means I am happy because my wireless connection is working every time now and its not connecting through gprs!

WiFi connection

My Cingular 8125 randomly drops my wifi connection while connected to my home wireless network. Problem did not really seem to start until after I connected once at starbucks to tmobile hot spot.
Please help

have you removed the starbucks settings?
you find it in "network cards" (strange place for it)

yes...i did.
I also have socket communication's wifi companion loaded on my device

prob not the reason, but i recently heard that if someone is trying to "borrow" your internet access.
http://www.wirelessdefence.org/Contents/Void11Main.htm
boots user off network, then you can grab packages as they try to reconnect.

Every Time I Try To Connect Via Wifi Then Goto Ie It Starts Up O2 Gprs & Will Not Load My Pages Cus I Am On Vodafone Help

wifi help with my 8525

I cannot seem to disconnect the gprs when connecting on the net with my wifi.
I have a wireless set up in my home, and can't seem to use the net without using gprs. I noticed when i went to my carriers website, and noticed that i have used some data minutes.
I need assistance in disconnecting the gprs and use only wifi, so that i wont get charged.
Any and all information is helpful
thank you

alctrztz said:
I cannot seem to disconnect the gprs when connecting on the net with my wifi.
I have a wireless set up in my home, and can't seem to use the net without using gprs. I noticed when i went to my carriers website, and noticed that i have used some data minutes.
I need assistance in disconnecting the gprs and use only wifi, so that i wont get charged.
Any and all information is helpful
thank you
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I won't nag about searching but look for danielherrero's bandswitch application in this forum. And there are other slightly more laborious ways too!
Mike