[OSX-Users] Re: logging in to one's iPod/iphone with prompt?

Andrew Paul Landells apl at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Nov 21 16:53:07 GMT 2011


Just with an iDevice, or with a Real Computer™ as well?

And the obvious question, have you reported it? This is the first I've heard of any ECS-WLAN related problems and sadly we're not psychic, if we don't know about them, we can't fix them! :)

On 21 Nov 2011, at 16:38, Sebastian C Skuse wrote:
> I've been having spotty / no ECS-WLAN or eduroam most of last week and today, so its probably not just you... For me seems isolated to B32.
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> Seb
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> On 21 Nov 2011, at 16:26, dr. m.c. schraefel wrote:
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>> thank you yes i know where the mac address is: i want to confirm that what the about box says it is, is what it is. 
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>> thanks
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>> mc
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>> On 21 Nov 2011, at 16:25, Chris Andrews wrote:
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>>> You can't SSH into an iDevice unless you've jailbroken it, nor can you get a local terminal. The MAC address is in Settings > General > About > Wi-Fi Address.
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>>> Chris
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>>> On 21 Nov 2011, at 16:16, dr. m.c. schraefel wrote:
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>>>> i have prompt as a terminal ap.
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>>>> it always asks for the server, then login and password - so wondering how does one specify their iphone as the server??
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>>>> with thanks
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>>>> mc
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>>>> (why am i doing this? i want to do an ipconfig to confirm the mac address of the device since, having registered the one that shows in about with ecs, it's not connecting - i get an "unable to connect" - that's all i can think is the issue. Thanks)
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