Ideally i want my phone to connect to wifi when avaliable instead of maintaining the mobile internet connection. I installed Duttys v3 a few days ago and it seems to be using mobile internet all the time, even when wifi is avaliable.
On the connections options menu > connections > advanced > select networks, both drop downs are set to 'orange internet'.
If i change them both to work network, wifi connects fine at home, but problems arise when out and about.
Anyone know where i am going wrong with the settings?
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One thing i'm totally confused and lost about, with my new Vario II, is its apparent inability to use the wifi preferentially to access the internet.
T-mobile havent been able to help so far but I will keep leaning on them. The basic question I have is that:
When connected to wifi, I know I can get access to the internet because my laptop is doing it right now. If the wifi is connected (and it works because im transferring files across file sharing), why does the GPRS dial when I fire up an internet app like ie/msn messenger?
What do I need to do to this phone to make it prefer wifi over 3g/gprs?
Also, is it just my device, or is wifi on all these dog slow? It took nearly 1.5 minutes to copy a 4 meg mp3! ~384kbps?!
Start > Settings > Network Cards > Network Adapters (Tab) > "My network card connects to:" The Inernet
That should solve your problem. To a point, anyway. For som reason, Push mail is still GPRS only.
My TyTN uses WiFi when available otherwise it automatically choses HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS to get connected to Internet. To achieve it I set my system in the following way:
Start > Settings > Network Cards > Network Adapters (Tab) > "My network card connects to:" The Inernet (as rassah stated above)
Configure your GPRS connection as My Work Network.
Under Start > Settings > Connections > Connections > Advanced > Select_Networks (Network Management tab) set both drop-down
1. "Program that automatically connect to the Internet shoud connect using" -> My Work Network
2. "Program that automatically connect to the Private Network shoud connect using " to My Work Network -> My Work Network
Ahhhh.. I've eventually solved this, I think. Even with what was suggested here, I had difficulty and the phone would not dial gprs -> it just said "cannot connect with your current settings"
It was the last line of what JohnieWalker said that got me thinking - there is a slight typo on the line but other than that, his advice led me to the solution.
For other people experiencing this difficulty, I offer the following advice:
Click Start, Settings, Connections tab. All the applets you need to use are on this screen
Use the Network Cards applet, Network Adapters tab, highlight the wireless card and tell the phone it connects to Work
-- This apparently does something different to choosing "The Internet" in that it allows file sharing etc. The word Work in this context is completely unrelated to the default connection called "My Work Connection"
Use the Wireless LAN applet to connect to your wifi network
In the Connections applet, Advanced tab, press Select Networks
Set both dropdowns to "My Work Connection"
On the tasks Tab, the display has changed to "My Work Connection" -> Choose Manage Existing Connections and add a New one via the button
Enter the details to dial your gprs. These are all over the web
You end up with a connection that is set up identically to the default T-Mobile Internet one (in my case) - for some reason the default one always dials the GPRS whether the wifi is on or not. This one I just added behaves as i expect - if the wifi is on, it uses it, if not, it dials.. Weird!
i used to be able to get on the internet on my dash(smartphone) by connecting it to my router i have here at my house. i would turn on wifi and it would show the available networks then i would chose my home one. but now on my wing it doesnt give me an option where can see available networks.
anyone know how to get my phone to connect to my home internet?
Mine connects to any network with any encryption type i throw at it w/o a problem
Try Setting -> Connections -> Wi-Fi Status
i dont have wifi status...
I've got my X1 and it's great, except for a a things that's bugging me with the internet conection.
If I launch PIE or Opera it'll connect to wifi if available, or to 3G.
Live messenger will only connect to wifi, and I can't find any way to change that, which means I can't use it when I'm out.
Email will only connect to wifi or 3G, I can't fund out how to make it use wif if it's available.
Surely a phone this powerful can do that?
Every internet setting I can find is set to T-Mobile.
Try unchecking the use proxy option within "modify an existing connection"
Start > Settings > Connections > connections > Manage existing connections > Select proxy settings down at the bottom.
Remove the tick from this network uses a proxy server to connect to the internet.
hi guys, i recentely got
my x1 about a week ago.
so far i have one issue. im using t-mobile on it right btw.
so everytime i turn on wifi it connects and everything, but when i use internet explorer/youtube/email etc etc it uses my edge connections instead, it completely ignores my wifi.
any way to fix this?
to be exact i have the x1i.
i want it to be configured so when im connected to wifi it uses it and my email account downloads my emails using the wifi. and of course when i have no wifi, i want my phone to use edge
thanks
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Go to Start -> Settings -> Connections -> Connections -> Advanced -> Select Networks.
Then tell it to connect to "My Work Network" instead of "The Internet"/"WAP" etc.
thanks got this to work, my wifi is good now, so all the programs on my x1 that are associated with the internet will use my wifi connection whenever it can right? and if it it will switch to edge if im correct
I don't know if this is a bug or if it is supposed to be this way, but if I tell the wifi connection to connect to internet I can't access my network shares I have on my computers on the network, but if I choose connect to work then it will work, but the problem is that if I choose work some applications that uses the internet will not work, Marketplace for example. How do I configure Wifi so it can access my home network and at the same time all internet applications will work?
I don't know for sure if this will help but you could try the following:
Start -> Settings -> Menu: All Settings -> Connections -> Connections - Advanced -> Select Networks.
Set your data connection from your provider in both options ("Programs that automatically connect to the internet should connect using" and "... to a private network should connect using"). Tap OK.
The network you selected should have "This network connects to the internet" checked in it's proxy settings. That way you're telling the phone that you don't have a dedicated work connection . Make sure your WFi connects to the internet as well.
This is how my phone is setup, and everything seems to be working (shares and internet access on LAN via WiFi) just fine. I specified also that "my computer connects to - the internet" in Mobile Device Center -> connection settings...
Maybe this will work? I'm really not sure, just a guess. There is some logic in it, but the Data connection settings shouldn't affect WiFi...
Grtz
Lukas