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I just received a call from the company's network administrator asking what my Xoom was called on the wi-fi network. He had several devices that show up as Android-and then some numbers. We had to identify my tablet and phone by their MAC address. Do you know of a way to change the name that is broadcast? He mentioned the iPads on the network had the usernames associated with them...
Thank you!

Mine actually shows up with no name when I use Softperfect network scanner, however it might show up under the specific model of your Xoom (ie: MZ604 etc), the model will vary by the type of Xoom you have - Wifi/3G etc.
It might help your admin if you go to settings, click about tablet and then to Status; the IP address it lists there should be the internal network IP

Corallis said:
Mine actually shows up with no name when I use Softperfect network scanner, however it might show up under the specific model of your Xoom (ie: MZ604 etc), the model will vary by the type of Xoom you have - Wifi/3G etc.
It might help your admin if you go to settings, click about tablet and then to Status; the IP address it lists there should be the internal network IP
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Thanks Corallis for the response. We can see it show up its just that it is called Android-XXXX and so is my phone and someone else's. Would be great if we could change that identified to be Android-myname so the IT guys know it is a trusted device (sort of ...) and don't boot me off the network.

flippingout said:
I just received a call from the company's network administrator asking what my Xoom was called on the wi-fi network. He had several devices that show up as Android-and then some numbers. We had to identify my tablet and phone by their MAC address. Do you know of a way to change the name that is broadcast? He mentioned the iPads on the network had the usernames associated with them...
Thank you!
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The information might be a bit dated, but this thread is relevant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668300
Should get you in the right direction. I am looking for a simple way but there doesn't appear to be one unfortunately. I don't see hostname exposed anywhere in the network/wifi configuration, not even if you specify a static ip.

tekuru said:
The information might be a bit dated, but this thread is relevant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668300
Should get you in the right direction. I am looking for a simple way but there doesn't appear to be one unfortunately. I don't see hostname exposed anywhere in the network/wifi configuration, not even if you specify a static ip.
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Thanks. A slightly complicated process. Seems like I could do that for my phone since it has a custom ROM but not on the tablet.
Odd there isn't an easier way to name your device.

I'm a network admin, and I recently had this same issue since I needed to find the ip address of my Xoom so I could set a content filter policy for it. I'm kind of surprised that there isn't a way to give the tablet a name (ala iOS devices). Regardless, it wasn't that hard to figure out since the DNS name began with android.... we don't have many of those devices on the network where I work.

IP address changer

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?

GoodDayToDie said:
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.

GoodDayToDie said:
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).

[Q] ICS and Static IP address.

Does anyone know how to setup a static IP address on the ics rom. I have the silver03wrx collective rom installed on my phone. I have tried all setting and advanced setting and no where do i see or have an option to setup this info so i can access my wifi setup at home. I can set up my network name / security / and password, but i can not add my ip device ip- gateway- dns server etc...
any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks

Nevermind figured it out. it was a little sneeky devil. wooohooo
Here are the steps to set up static ip for anyone needing to do this.
1. go to system settings
2. click on wifi
3. click on add network
4. enter your network ssid
5. choose your security
6. enter your password for you network
7. click save
ok here is where you have to let it find the network, let it connect and aquire an ip address (even thou it is not the correct one) let it do its thing. do not skip this step otherwise you will not be able to configure the ip or save it.
once it says it is connected go back and do steps 1-2
you will see your network and it should say connected.
long press on your network name. it will bring up 2 options.
1 forget network
2 modify network config.
click on modify network config
it will bring up a bunch of settings. scroll down till you see a box that says :" Show advanced options"
click on the box. ( do not save or cancel the window)
scroll down a little bit and you will see 2 boxes
1 proxy settings
2 ip settings <<< click on the lower right hand coner and change this from dchp to static.
once you do this you will see settings under that box input all your info into these boxes *****( leave 3rd box that says " network prefix length" at 24 )******* once you have completed click save and your phone should be connected to you static ip network..
1 ip address
2 gateway
3 network prefix length (Leave this at 24)
4 dns 1
5 dns 2
6 ******* CLICK SAVE ********* not cancel or you will have to repeat the process. LOL Dont ask how i know this 3 times.. LOL
I hope this helps everyone. Sorry for putting up these instructions late, but unfortunatlly i got a little busy trying to fix a loss of root.
If this helped hit the Thanks button.

maybe you could edit your OP or second post and type in the exact solutions, for newer users who may be searching for the same thing? Heck, you may even get some thanks out of it.

icenight89 said:
maybe you could edit your OP or second post and type in the exact solutions, for newer users who may be searching for the same thing? Heck, you may even get some thanks out of it.
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OP is updated with the info. Sorry for the instructions late, been trying to figure out the loss of root that my phone is having..

ICS WLAN static IP problem solved via App "WiFi Manager"
galaxyuser88 said:
Does anyone know how to setup a static IP address on the ics rom. I have the silver03wrx collective rom installed on my phone. I have tried all setting and advanced setting and no where do i see or have an option to setup this info so i can access my wifi setup at home. I can set up my network name / security / and password, but i can not add my ip device ip- gateway- dns server etc...
any help is greatly appreciated
Thanks
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This is my working solution after 4 hours of learn/search/try:
Since the main problem for us all was the disabled "save"-button I searched for a workaround.
I found an free App "Wifi Manager" by Kostya Vasilyev in the Google Market.
OK, mentioning this app may sound a little spammy but it isn't!
If you make a longclick on the questionable SSID (see 2nd screenshot in Google Market) you have the opportunity to set the static values. And this includes the good old subnet mask.
By the way: Nice info here: "www gadgetwiz com/network/netmask html" about the mystical 24 entry in the ICS static settings. The "Address Prefix Length" is a new subtitution for the old subnet mask.
Best regards,
fredo

ICS STATIC IP- How to setup up your static ip.

I figure i would post this in the General section, as this might help others that may need help setting up their static ip .
Here are the steps to set up static ip for anyone needing to do this.
1. go to system settings
2. click on wifi
3. click on add network
4. enter your network ssid
5. choose your security
6. enter your password for you network
7. click save
ok here is where you have to let it find the network, let it connect and aquire an ip address (even thou it is not the correct one) let it do its thing. do not skip this step otherwise you will not be able to configure the ip or save it.
once it says it is connected go back and do steps 1-2
you will see your network and it should say connected.
long press on your network name. it will bring up 2 options.
1 forget network
2 modify network config.
click on modify network config
it will bring up a bunch of settings. scroll down till you see a box that says :" Show advanced options"
click on the box. ( do not save or cancel the window)
scroll down a little bit and you will see 2 boxes
1 proxy settings
2 ip settings <<< click on the lower right hand coner and change this from dchp to static.
once you do this you will see settings under that box input all your info into these boxes *****( leave 3rd box that says " network prefix length" at 24 )******* once you have completed click save and your phone should be connected to you static ip network..
1 ip address
2 gateway
3 network prefix length (Leave this at 24)
4 dns 1
5 dns 2
6 ******* CLICK SAVE ********* not cancel or you will have to repeat the process. LOL Dont ask how i know this 3 times.. LOL
I hope this helps everyone. Sorry for putting up these instructions late, but unfortunatlly i got a little busy trying to fix a loss of root.
If this helped hit the Thanks button.

I would recommend that anyone wanting to get a "static" ip address go into there router and tell there router to set the ip from the mac address. A little of work because it depends on how to do it from router to router but works well in dd-wrt.
You can find how to set static leases in dd-wrt under the "services" tab. This simply allows you to keep your phone a dhcp phone when abroad while keeping a specific ip while at home. In fact, I get the mac address of every device on my network and use this table to set my house statically without having to do anything on the device itself. Comes in handy to know what devices have what ip and therefore and easy way to keep on top of your network security.

^^ that's what I do too.
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jackler1 said:
I would recommend that anyone wanting to get a "static" ip address go into there router and tell there router to set the ip from the mac address. A little of work because it depends on how to do it from router to router but works well in dd-wrt.
You can find how to set static leases in dd-wrt under the "services" tab. This simply allows you to keep your phone a dhcp phone when abroad while keeping a specific ip while at home. In fact, I get the mac address of every device on my network and use this table to set my house statically without having to do anything on the device itself. Comes in handy to know what devices have what ip and therefore and easy way to keep on top of your network security.
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I also do this. With 10 devices connected and 4 of them I need to know the static address for things to work properly. I can't imagine setting static on each device. Its like a 3 click process via my router regardless of what OS the device is running.

Save static IP in Galaxy S2 ICS
Hi,
After many tries I've found that in order to save a static IP WIFI entry in a Samsung Galaxy S2 under Ice Cream Sandwich you need to fill ALL fields, even the "Network prefix length" field (whatever that is).
So, even though it shows "24", that field is actually empty. Just enter all your IPs plus 24 in that field and you're done.
JP

I'm assuming 24 refers to /24
jessPear said:
Hi,
After many tries I've found that in order to save a static IP WIFI entry in a Samsung Galaxy S2 under Ice Cream Sandwich you need to fill ALL fields, even the "Network prefix length" field (whatever that is).
So, even though it shows "24", that field is actually empty. Just enter all your IPs plus 24 in that field and you're done.
JP
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or 255.255.255.0, which is the subnet for a Class C network and the default network in most home home routers that assign DHCP.
*However* - depending on how you like to manage your own home network, starting from your router, it doesn't necessarily have to be a /24 network. Yes it's more work, but it's not the only option.
(At least I think I'm right. Cisco courses were several semesters ago. ;p)

jessPear said:
Hi,
After many tries I've found that in order to save a static IP WIFI entry in a Samsung Galaxy S2 under Ice Cream Sandwich you need to fill ALL fields, even the "Network prefix length" field (whatever that is).
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The "24" left untouched works fine on my SR on UCLE2. What "that is" is the bit length (measured by 8 bits per dot-delimited octet) of the network label portion of an IP address. Where 192.168.1.XXX IDs the network and the Xs are available for node IDs or endpoints. The first 3 octets there are a 24 bit prefix.
jessPear said:
So, even though it shows "24", that field is actually empty. Just enter all your IPs plus 24 in that field and you're done.
JP
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On SR and Cappy in ICS I have found that default entry holds when appropriate. What did you mean "Just enter all your IPs plus 24 in that field and you're done." ?
phillybits said:
or 255.255.255.0, which is the subnet for a Class C network and the default network in most home home routers that assign DHCP.
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That will work equally. The 255s indicate the potential node IDs in octets 1-3 are blocked as part of the network ID and the 0 in the 4th octet opens all (255 potential node IDs for assignment) in this subnet mask.

jessPear said:
Hi,
After many tries I've found that in order to save a static IP WIFI entry in a Samsung Galaxy S2 under Ice Cream Sandwich you need to fill ALL fields, even the "Network prefix length" field (whatever that is).
So, even though it shows "24", that field is actually empty. Just enter all your IPs plus 24 in that field and you're done.
JP
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On my friend's Xperia Active, that just got updated to ICS, I also tried to quickly input some fields under advanced menu to see if the WiFi would work.
Boy was I wrong!
I had to delete my old WiFi connection, then I had to follow these step-by-step instructions and I had to fill ALL fields in one stroke after pressing "Save". Only then the WiFi worked normally, else it wouldn't transmit data over the internet.

When i try and connect the save button is not pressable.

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ICS STATIC IP- How to setup up your static ip
Just want to say Thank You. This really help.
This is the first time I write massage & i cannot find the thanks button so I write this.
galaxyuser88 said:
I figure i would post this in the General section, as this might help others that may need help setting up their static ip .
Here are the steps to set up static ip for anyone needing to do this.
1. go to system settings
2. click on wifi
3. click on add network
4. enter your network ssid
5. choose your security
6. enter your password for you network
7. click save
ok here is where you have to let it find the network, let it connect and aquire an ip address (even thou it is not the correct one) let it do its thing. do not skip this step otherwise you will not be able to configure the ip or save it.
once it says it is connected go back and do steps 1-2
you will see your network and it should say connected.
long press on your network name. it will bring up 2 options.
1 forget network
2 modify network config.
click on modify network config
it will bring up a bunch of settings. scroll down till you see a box that says :" Show advanced options"
click on the box. ( do not save or cancel the window)
scroll down a little bit and you will see 2 boxes
1 proxy settings
2 ip settings <<< click on the lower right hand coner and change this from dchp to static.
once you do this you will see settings under that box input all your info into these boxes *****( leave 3rd box that says " network prefix length" at 24 )******* once you have completed click save and your phone should be connected to you static ip network..
1 ip address
2 gateway
3 network prefix length (Leave this at 24)
4 dns 1
5 dns 2
6 ******* CLICK SAVE ********* not cancel or you will have to repeat the process. LOL Dont ask how i know this 3 times.. LOL
I hope this helps everyone. Sorry for putting up these instructions late, but unfortunatlly i got a little busy trying to fix a loss of root.
If this helped hit the Thanks button.
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i did everything right and it says connected to my router but i cannot access the internet not browser not play market not outube says no connection...

Static
17mayis said:
i did everything right and it says connected to my router but i cannot access the internet not browser not play market not outube says no connection...
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Same problem. It cannot connect to the wifi otherwise the wifi icon turns blue. Any solution?

17mayis said:
i did everything right and it says connected to my router but i cannot access the internet not browser not play market not outube says no connection...
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ashkala said:
Same problem. It cannot connect to the wifi otherwise the wifi icon turns blue. Any solution?
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Well if you followed the directions correctly then you should be able to connect. I have done it this way over and over everytime i change roms, and it works everytime.
Sounds like u are connected to a ghost ip address that says u are connected but not connected to the real ip address. If you have your router setup with a static ip address, then these directions will work. If you have it set to dhcp on your router than all you have to do is set your name, security,password and then the phone should do the rest.
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Wifi static IP

Hi, I use static IP's on my router.
Unfortunately the HTC Titan appears to require a DHCP server allocated IP address.
How can I overcome this problem please, of at all?
Thanks

Forum Search
Forum search is your friend. Just searching for "WP7 static IP" will answer your question, in the negative at that. Maybe WP learns that trick in its next iteration.

Actually, Tango has this feature. For some reason, though, MS decided to not enable it by default, you have to set a key in the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Connectivity\WiFiSplashUX]
"EnableStaticIP"=dword:1
see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1637690&highlight=export+sim

Localhorst86 said:
Actually, Tango has this feature. For some reason, though, MS decided to not enable it by default, you have to set a key in the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Connectivity\WiFiSplashUX]
"EnableStaticIP"=dword:1
see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1637690&highlight=export+sim
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Thanks, how can I change the registry?

Unless you are at least interop or wp root tools unlocked, you can't. You can use the registry editor built into WP root tools to edit this key.
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Localhorst86 said:
Unless you are at least interop or wp root tools unlocked, you can't. You can use the registry editor built into WP root tools to edit this key.
Sent from my 7 Mozart T8698 using Board Express
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sorry to sound dopey but not sure what you mean, can you expand please?

well, your phone has to be unlocked in order to allow access to the registry. However, Developer unlock and Chevron Unlock do not suffice as they won't allow access to the registry either.
In order to access the registry, your phone needs an interop unlock, wproottools unlock or full unlock.

Localhorst86 said:
Actually, Tango has this feature. For some reason, though, MS decided to not enable it by default, you have to set a key in the registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\Connectivity\WiFiSplashUX]
"EnableStaticIP"=dword:1
see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1637690&highlight=export+sim
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i added the value using WP7 RootTools on my Samsung Focus but can not see the "Static IP" in wifi settings

What's your OS version number?

What about not setting as fixed on the phone and assigning the IP address you want to use every time in the router to the mac address of the phone.
I do this for our IP phones as they seem to do strange things when programmed with a fixed IP address, but if I leave them to DHCP and tell the router to assign the same IP address every time I get the same result but the IP phone is happy

SeaComms said:
What about not setting as fixed on the phone and assigning the IP address you want to use every time in the router to the mac address of the phone.
I do this for our IP phones as they seem to do strange things when programmed with a fixed IP address, but if I leave them to DHCP and tell the router to assign the same IP address every time I get the same result but the IP phone is happy
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The word for this is "static leases", btw.
Tbh, I would assume people have a valid reason to use static IP adresses, allthough I can not follow it. I use static leases myself, but there might be routers that do not allow assigning static leases.
In such a case, If I wanted to achieve static adresses on certain networked devices (NAS, managed switches, home servers etc.) I would handle it differently:
enable the DHCP Server and statically assign IP Adresses that are not within the IP Range to selected devices.
PS: Static leases have the big advante that you can change your static adresses without needing to access each individual device. Heck, they don't even have to be turned on to manage your IP adresses.
EDIT: more information about static leases can be found here:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Static_DHCP

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What's your OS version number?
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My OS version is 7.10.8107.79

7.10.8107 Windows Phone 7.5 Consumer Refresh, I think you need to be on Tango (7.10.8773 Windows Phone 7.5 Consumer Refresh 3 (CR3)) for this to work.