because of conflicting network settings (and a Microsoft bug), I need to change two parameters each time I switch between my home Wi-Fi network and the 3G network:
1) switch Settings/Connections/Connections/Advanced/Select Networks
2) switch Network Adapter IP address from specific IP to server-assigned and vice-versa
It's a bit tedious to do this manually each time I switch networks (especially entering the specific IP & default gateway)...what would be a simple way to automate these tasks (at least #2, which involves just a registry change, I guess) ?
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I am trying to setup 3g data connection in different county.
How do I manually select Data settings. What I see is Setting->cellular->Apn.
In Apn I have only 3 input (apn, user, password).
Where do I input ip and port? is it automatic?
thanks
atm.
APN typically doesn't contain IP address and port. That's for proxy server.
You can download the Samsung Networking tool from app market to see if it already contains settings for your carrier.
Hi there,
I'm currently searching for a registry entry or hosts file on WP7. I know there are some registry keys for DNS on Windows Mobile 6.5, due to its support for multiple network devices (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa916390.aspx). But if I'm looking at my HD7 with Advancedexplorer, I couldn't find any of these keys.
Only interesting infos where in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident, but I'm aiming for the keys or file where WP7 will keep its setting it gets from DHCP while it is connected via WLAN.
AFAIK there is no possible way to manually edit the network settings, so I'll always have to use DHCP. Do someone of you know the location of this information?
Oh, I see my post was moved to Q&A? Thought it would be more a hacking/development problem to find the right file/registry key? Is it possible to move the post back to its original area?
Ok, after digging, I found finally the location for the Wifi Interface settings:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\BCMSDDHD1\Parms\Tcpip
I'm currently not connected to a Wlan, but will recheck at home if there is a value for DNS or device IP
Little Update: if the phone is connected to Wlan, you will get more options beginnen with DHCP I think. So its no problem to change the DNS, but it will only last until the phone reconnects. The values will be overwritten. If you enter a wrong non working DNS, the phone will resort to your providers DNS.
Hi,
exist some HOMEBREW app which can let me change the IP address ?
Somebody told me that it exist.
Thanks.
Well, you can easily specify your own IP address for WiFi networks. That's built into the phone.
For the cellular network... I'm not aware of a way, though it probably does exist. I'm not sure anybody has coded it as a WP7 app, though.
Why do you need to do this? Your IP address quite probably changes every time you reboot your phone; why do you need it to be a constant value?
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Well, you can easily specify your own IP address for WiFi networks. That's built into the phone.
For the cellular network... I'm not aware of a way, though it probably does exist. I'm not sure anybody has coded it as a WP7 app, though.
Why do you need to do this? Your IP address quite probably changes every time you reboot your phone; why do you need it to be a constant value?
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For me this threat is also interested. And why would be practice to be able to put static IP address is simple, what to do when you want to connect in WIFI environment where is no DHCP.
Or let say ISP, give you STB with WLAN on which is not enabled DHCP.
Cheers.
As I said, specifying your own IP address is easy on WiFi (specifically for networks without DHCP). Open the WiFi settings page, press-and-hold on a network, and select Edit. If you connect to a network that doesn't have DHCP, it should prompt you for the settings when you first connect.
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As I said, specifying your own IP address is easy on WiFi (specifically for networks without DHCP). Open the WiFi settings page, press-and-hold on a network, and select Edit. If you connect to a network that doesn't have DHCP, it should prompt you for the settings when you first connect.
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My friend, this what you are wrote is written in user manual which I am get with my optimus 7. There is also written that is procedure for connecting on hidden network is press-and-hold on any wlan net and change the name according with hidden net and I could not reach hidden net until I am receive latest fw(few days ago) and I have optimus 7 almost nine month.
In any case, what you are wrote not applies for optimus 7, maybe for some other phone apply, but not for optimus 7, at least with OPN Firmware.
Cheers.
Ah... I don't have an LG phone, so if there's some weird quirk to their WiFi drivers, I can't help you with that. Sorry. :-(
JosipoGo, have you connected your phone to Zune and done updates that way? Go to Settings=> about phone and tell us what version of OS you have.
I am thinking you may be running NoDo on your phone, as anything with Mango or above should have the ability to change IP address. Yes, your shipping firmware (if it is NoDo version) may not have this feature, and it wouldn't be on your phones manual if that is the case.
If you have never done system updates, you should be able to add this feature by preforming the Zune update (if an update is available for your phone).
Hi all,
Is there anyway to make the proxy settings on Win8/RT automatically change when I connect/disconnect to a certain network? At the minute I have to do it manually every day when I switch between my home network and my school network. Instead of writing a script to do this, is it possible to make it do it automatically? Thanks.
I recently faced a nasty problem with my device, I had to keep on re-entering the Wi-Fi key of a specific hotspot even if I had managed to connect successfully on previous attempts.
Also as I leave the Wi-Fi on most of the times, I started to get a bit uncomfortable when the device connected by itself to an Open Network (one of the many around my place) and got notifications (Adverticements).
I am sure I had connected before to that Open Network but did not bother to 'forget' it.
As a result, I created this app which helped me resolve the next problems:
a. Having to re-enter the Wi-Fi of certain hotspots by removing all instances of the same secured network that may have been mis-configured.
b. Slow loading time of Wi-Fi settings by maintaining a shorter list of configured networks.
c. Automatically forget Open Networks.
d. Assign a friendly name to a network (while being displayed in this app).
e. Assign a friendly name to a hotspot (BBSID) of a network (while being displayed in this app).
f. Automatically restrict connection to a specific BBSID (Further changes are planned to restrict the connection to a set of BBSIDs, this is still experimental).
As an overall,
this app offers the possibility to forget (remove them from the configured list) Wi-Fi Networks (Open, Secured) from your device in a convenient way:
- Assign a friendly name to a network (and its hostspots - BSSIDs) (Touch the 'Name' label of the network).
- Display the signal level of a network (and its hotspots - BSSIDs) and be able to connect to it (Touch the 'Signal Level' indicator of the network).
Also it is possible to explicitly connect to a hotspot for a network (restricts any automatic connections to this specific BBSID).
[Experimental] Connection can also be restricted to a set of BBSIDs.
- Forget manually selected Secured Networks/Open Networks with a few clicks (Favorites are excluded).
- Automatically forget Open Networks when not in use (Favorites are excluded).
- Mark a Network as 'Favorite' so that is not forgotten by mistake either manually or automatically.
- Show a Notification if the Wi-Fi is on but no connection yet.
This is the Google play link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cs.anddev.wificleanup&hl=en
No root access required.
Permissions Explanation:
- Connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi. Needed to get the Wi-Fi status.
- View network connections. Needed to get the status of a Wi-Fi connection.
- View Wi-Fi connections. Needed to get the list of Wi-Fi connections.
- Run at startup. Needed to get the Wi-Fi connection status without running the app.
Changes for v.3.0:
- Show a Notification if the Wi-Fi is on but no connection yet.
- Assign Friendly name to a hotspot (BBSID) of a network (Touch the 'Name' label of the network).
- Display the signal level of a network hotspots and be able to connect to any of them (restricts any automatic connections to this specific BBSID). Further changes are planned to restrict the connection to a set of BBSIDs. This is still experimental and can be used once it is enabled from the Settings menu.
- Access Wi-Fi settings
- UI changes
Wi-Fi CleanUp v.1.1
Hi all,
new version is out (v.1.1) with the next added functionality:
- Automatically forget Open Networks when not in use (Favorites are excluded).
- Mark a Network as 'Favorite' so that is not forgotten by mistake either manually or automatically.
Enjoy
Chris
Wi-Fi CleanUp v.2.0
Hi all,
new version is out with the next added functionality:
- (v.2.0) Assign Friendly name to a network (Touch the 'Name' label of the network).
- (v.2.0) Display the signal level of a network and be able to connect to it (Touch the 'Signal Level' indicator of the network).
Also bug fixes and UI changes.
Enjoy
Chris
Would you be willing to pick up where Wi-Fi Ruler left off? I've emailed the author, with no luck, several times to ask if he can help me troubleshoot whether its my phone (SM-G920T) or his app that needs tweaking. Basically, his app allows us to rank what SSIDs are more desirable (in our eyes), and is *supposed* to allow us to use BSSIDs to make choices. Prime example: "xfinitywifi" is all over the country now, but I only want to connect to the 'xfinitywifi' signal in one location, not everywhere. I can't tell if his app is working perfectly, but it's my Samsung GS6 (5.1.1) that keeps usurping the app because it only knows that I "remembered" xfinitywifi once, so I must want to connect to it everywhere and anywhere.
Where to find the app? Link? Am I blind? Can't find...
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@bwb8771
Sounds interesting idea, let me do some investigation and I will revert. @Technical
This is the Google play link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cs.anddev.wificleanup&hl=en
Hi bwb8771
I am in the process of making a prototype as a proof of concept, will you be willing to test it for me?
If yes, pm me an email to send you the apk.
Thanks
Technical said:
Where to find the app? Link? Am I blind? Can't find...
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me too, cannot find it..
I have added on the first post the Google play link.
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I have added on the first post the Google play link.
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Wi-Fi CleanUp v.3.0
Hi all,
new version is out with the next added functionality:
- Show a Notification if the Wi-Fi is on but no connection yet.
- Assign Friendly name to a hotspot (BBSID) of a network (Touch the 'Name' label of the network).
- Display the signal level of a network hotspots and be able to connect to any of them (restricts any automatic connections to this specific BBSID). Further changes are planned to restrict the connection to a set of BBSIDs. This is still experimental and can be used once it is enabled from the Settings menu.
- Access Wi-Fi settings
- UI changes
Enjoy
Chris