Getting Wi Fi at college

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Santiago H

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Hi everyone, I just got my G1, and I spend most of the year at school. I go to RPI which has a campus wide wi fi network, which unfortunately uses 802.1x. I did some google searches and I know the G1 is not able to connect normally from what I have read. I also know that people have been complaining and that there is probably no way to connect to the network. However, I saw a guide on my schools web site that shows how to connect a Bold to the network (yes I know BBs probably support these types of networks) I just didnt know if it would maybe work somewhat the same way with the G1, or if Im better off buying a cheap router for my room instead. Im home for the long weekend right now which is why I cannot test it, and if I do need a router I want to get one before I go back on monday (no 3g coverage in the area yet also). Thanks for any help or tips you can give.

Edit: Heres a link to the guide
 
For some reason, google decided to completely gimp the wifi user interface, but it is possible to add any network if you have root.

As root:
cd data/misc/wifi

Now would be a good time to learn how to use VI. (protip: press ball + 1 for esc).

vi wpa_supplicant.conf


Now add in the information necessary to connect to your network: it will look something like:

network={
ssid="rpi_802.1x"
blah blah blah
}


The easiest way to fill in the "blah blah blah" is to get on a linux computer, connect, and then take a looksy into its own wpa_supplicant.conf for the correct settings.

Sorry I can't help you all the way, but maybe somebody else can look at the instructions and fill in the blanks.
 
Well, I'm confused because I haven't had any 802.11x problems nor have I read of any, and in fact use an app that tells me wifi networks on my way to work including non-secure.

Is it possible I'm not connecting to my home, work and LV Strip properties wifi even though I have to enter a p/w and my Black Beauty tells me I'm connected?

I know one particular place where I previously did not have cell coverage (not just Tmo, but Nextel and AT&T) much less anything else but now I connect via wifi, I thought.

Queue29, can you tell me how to figure out how I'm connecting? It doesn't impact my bill because I chose unlimited data, but would be good info to give others.
 
Your campus, like almost every other campus supports PEAP which is a MS Standard, and for some reason is not widely supported, especially on mobile devices, though the G1 has the functionality that is needed, I'm not sure why it's not available.
 
But I connect at daughters' campuses (UCI and MU); they just give me their p/w, when I'm there, which changes I think monthly or quarterly.

So, why can't this lady connect her G1 at school?
 
Thanks for the replys guys. I might root my g1, cant decide. Im gonna buy a router anyway its only $45 for a cheap low range one. Hopefully they fix this at some point.
 
On a PEAP network, there is no 1 password. Everybody has their own username and password they must sign in with. What they have is probably some ghetto (and yet far more useable) WEP or WPA network.
 
RPI? I go to SUNY Albany!! - and I have the same problem with wifi.. not WPA Enterprise support

lol at going to https://www.rpi.edu/ and there is big article and pic of an iphone appliction...
 
My best guess is.. the android devs just haven't gotten to it yet. Or maybe MSFT and CISCO are playing meanie on some kind of licensing issue?

Please make a comment here:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1386&q=enterprise&colspec=ID%20Type%20Version%20Security%20Status%20Owner%20Summary

More people complaining about it == more attention.
 
Hello all,

I have released an application on the Android Market (WiFi Config Editor) that allows you to edit the WiFi settings as are stored in the internal WPA_Supplicant WITHOUT the need to Root the device.

A number of people have found this to solve their WiFi networking issues.

Let me know if you have any issues with it.

--OddRain
 
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