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

[dr. m.c. schraefel]

thanks hugh.
glad you were able to get it to hook in.

mc
On 21 Nov 2011, at 18:02, Hugh C Davis wrote:

> Ah yes!  "Unable to join the network ECS-WLAN". Then I tried twice again
> and it worked. Then I had real trouble getting back to eduroam (unable to
> join network eduroam). Seems that switching SSIDs is not seamless.
> 
> Not a problem for me as eduroam is a far superior solution for me - but if
> it really needed too be ECS-WLAN then there appear to be issues.
> 
> /h.
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> On 21/11/2011 17:33, "dr. m.c. schraefel" <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> /h.
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>>> Hugh Davis
>>> Room 3045, Building 32, ECS, The University of Southampton, S017 1BJ, UK
>>> Tel:    +44 (0)23 8059 3669    Skpe: skype.hcd
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>>> On 21/11/2011 17:05, "dr. m.c. schraefel" <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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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