I'm not sure what to call this but I would like to know if there is an easy way to avoid this. Whenever I walk near or into someplace like a Starbucks my iPhone switches web sites to the T-mobile or other "hot spot" ISP log-in site and I lose my place on the web site I was at before. This happens when I leave the wi-fi option on of course and if I turn the feature off the problem goes away. I have wi-fi access at home and at work so I would like to leave the feature on all the time.
Does anyone know of am easier or more elegant solution. I know, stay out of Starbucks.
Thanks.
Does anyone know of am easier or more elegant solution. I know, stay out of Starbucks.
Thanks.
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Re: Wi-fi signal hijacking
Fri, May 16, 2008 - 6:37 PMuh,
the quick answer is to invest in a cheap used iBook® or something..
from place like www.macattic.com
download Macstumbler® and use it . . the screen's larger, also . .
it's called war driving
h t h ∞ mactechtribe
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Re: Wi-fi signal hijacking
Fri, May 16, 2008 - 10:01 PMYou might want to turn off wifi when not using it. It really drains the battery. That's one way to also solve your problem but if you don't want to do that, turn off "ask to join networks" in Preferences. You have to switch this back or manual check if a network is available.
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Re: Wi-fi signal hijacking
Sat, May 17, 2008 - 1:20 AMyah.....if you turn off 'ask to join networks' it'll still auto-connect to networks you've already connected to, but not automatically to ones you haven't.
The caveat is, that if you get close to one that has the same name as one you've used, it'll try to go to that one.
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Re: Wi-fi signal hijacking
Sat, May 17, 2008 - 11:35 AMYou're right. I forgot one key step. When you've gone to the known network, click on the right arrow and then select "forget this network". Then you won't auto-connect, or if set as mentioned above, you won't be asked to either.
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