[OSX-Users] iOS 5.0.1 and ecs-wlan?? Re: logging in to one's iPod/iphone with prompt?

[dr. m.c. schraefel]

Could you try with ecs-wlan, hugh?
i can connect to eduroam but not ecs-wlan.

so - just to make sure...

thanks


On 21 Nov 2011, at 17:17, Hugh C Davis wrote:

> I have not noticed any connectivity problems since the 5.0.1 upgrade. Of
> course I am connected to eduroam rather than ECS-WLAN but its the same
> thing at the packets level isn't it?
> 
> As Andy says, my BT Router shows the MAC address of all things connected
> to it.
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> /h.
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> On 21/11/2011 17:05, "dr. m.c. schraefel" <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> Thank you all.
>> 
>> let me reframe the question:
>> 
>> has anyone with ios 5.0.1 experienced any challenges getting onto
>> ecs-wlan?
>> 
>> just curious if the small upgrade may have done something weird with the
>> packets? 
>> 
>> On 21 Nov 2011, at 16:45, Steve Harris wrote:
>> 
>>> If you have a Mac (or Linux box) on the same network you can correlate
>>> them using the magic of multicast DNS:
>>> 
>>> Find the "name" of your iPhone, in the About page, mine is
>>> "StevePhone", but most people are more inventive than that :)
>>> 
>>> Run: arp -n <phone-name>.local
>>> 
>>> arp will print the IP address, and the mac address used to connect to it
>>> 
>>> e.g.
>>> 
>>> $ arp -n StevePhone.local
>>> ? (192.168.2.145) at 5c:59:48:xx:xx:xx on en1 ifscope [ethernet]
>>> 
>>> if you have punctuation in the phone name then it might be a little
>>> trickier, but you can always temporarily change the name to something
>>> with just a-z characters and use that.
>>> 
>>> - Steve
>>> 
>>> On 2011-11-21, at 16:31, Chris Andrews wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Then I'm afraid the only way you can check that with ifconfig is to
>>>> jailbreak your device, install sshd, then ssh to root at 127.0.0.1 with
>>>> password "alpine", then install ifconfig as well.
>>>> 
>>>> Warning: This may leave you open to malware. Plus jailbreaking voids
>>>> warranty, yadda yadda yadda.
>>>> 
>>>> I have never encountered a situation where the MAC in about is not the
>>>> MAC of the device. However, for verification, you could try the
>>>> original box it came in, if you still have it. That may have a MAC on
>>>> it.
>>>> 
>>>> Chris
>>>> 
>>>> On 21 Nov 2011, at 16:26, dr. m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> mc
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 21 Nov 2011, at 16:25, Chris Andrews wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 21 Nov 2011, at 16:16, dr. m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> i have prompt as a terminal ap.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> it always asks for the server, then login and password - so
>>>>>>> wondering how does one specify their iphone as the server??
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> with thanks
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> mc
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> (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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