wifi

how to send data from iphone over wifi to application, to print message

hi, i would like to know how to do the following: step 1: how to send the following string from the iphone to a mac computer via WIFI when a user presses a button. string to be sent: "hello". step2: how to receive that string with an application i would have to create. it will be very simple. it will have no interface, except it will ...

create small mac app that receives data from iphone through wifi local network

Hi, this is the first time i am creating a mac application, what i need to do is to have a simple screen. This simple plain screen will just print a string as the iphone is transmitting strings through the wifi network. This string is simply a string value of the slider being adjusted by the user as they move it up and down. so it will ...

send string data to max msp from iphone over wifi local network

as the question says, i want to simply send data from the iphone (ipad later) to a computer so max msp can retrieve the data (string) and do whatever over a wifi local network. Its as simple as that. i don't want fancy any interface on the sending/receiving end or any extra options. Thats all i want. Can anyone guide me with this ple...

simulate 3G n/w using wifi

I am working on a Android application which can only run on a 3G network but We currently do not have a 3G network available in the country. Is there any way to hack/modify some parts of Android's connectivity Manager or other framework components to simulate the behavior that we are using 3G n/w but underlying the requests are being pro...

How to trigger a WiFi connection on iPhone SDK 4.1

Sometimes the iOS device will not connect to the available WiFi automatically, but it will if Safari is launched and try to browse to any site (or go to Settings->Wi-Fi and select the desired network). This is probably for battery savings reasons. How to trigger this from your app? ...

What methods, other than listening for Probe Requests, can be used to find 802.11 wifi devices?

I'm writing a Python module for finding nearby WiFi client devices. All my current scanner does is listen for Probe Requests and logs the clients MAC address. The problem I'm having is that I'm completely reliant on the device broadcasting a probe request for me to discover it. I'm wondering if there is any other way to discover devic...

How does wifi handles SSID, addresses and canals ?

I can understand how a wired network handles redirections and what-nots since it uses hard-wired IP adresses, but I don't know how a wifi access point decides how a wifi user joins a SSID-named network: does the protocol scans which canals have the less interferences, and assigns frequencies to the best one ? What if conditions change ?...

Blackberry's WLANInfo.getWLANState() Doesn't Return Correct Information

I'm working with the NetworkUtils.java class created by Sameer Nafdey in his blog post regarding accuiring a network connection within a Blackberry Application. However I recently noticed that my application was using the cell network even when a WiFi connection was available. I realized this was the case when we tested the application o...

How do you make Android LocationManager use Cell network and not Wifi network?

I have an android application using LocationManager get the cell network location and not the Wifi location? If I have turned off the Wifi antenna and do the following: LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) paramContext.getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); Location location = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROV...

iOS API detect wireless networks

Is there an API in CocoaTouch/iOS for detecting wireless networks? I want to write an app that saves a list of networks the phone can see at a given moment. ...

how to unblock blackberry wi-fi

My users's blackberries wi-fi is blocked by mobile operator. anybody knows how to unblock it. ...

Networks & relative security

Hi, I was wondering which of these networks would you feel most comfortable logging into e.g. your bank account and why 3g mobile phone connection University campus LAN university campus wifi, wpa University campus wifi no encryption. Proxy login does the choice matter if the site uses ssl? Won't that encrypt the login info anyway? ...

How to patch wireless driver rtl8187 for 2.6.30 kernels?

I am using Backtrack 4 (installed on hdd), and I have an USB wifi adapter that uses rtl8187. I am trying to test wep cracking on my router (the signal is about 80%). I executed aireplay -9 and it shows "Injection is working 30/30 100%". But when start airodump to capture ivs, and aireplay -3 to inject, it only captures 1 iv every few s...

Looking for a wifi java library that will enable me to connect to a mobile device from my laptop or desktop computer with bluetooth dongle

The device will be an Android device, but I would like it to be able to connect to any device. Thanks in advance. ...

Bonjour NSStreamEventHasBytesAvailable event speed (enabled WiFi and Bluetooth both)

I'm develpoing a network app using Bonjour service on iPhone devices. My problem is that NSStreamEventHasBytesAvailable event speed is slow when i enable WiFi and Bluetooth both on my devices. But strangely if i enable only one either WiFi or Bluetooth, NSStreamEventHasBytesAvailable event speed is fast normally. Is it originally slow...

android Wifi application craches

I wrote an android application that scans for wifi connection. i used the following code package com.android.wifitester; import java.util.List; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.BroadcastReceiver; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.content.IntentFilter; import android.net.w...

Scan for Wifi networks on iPhone SDK

Hi, I'm looking for the API to search for networks on the iPhone/iPad, and get data from them. A private API is also OK, the app's for cydia. I know it is possible, because I saw some wardriving apps (in the store). I want that functionality in my app too. Could you please help me out? Thanks, Yvan ...

iPhone: NSURLConnection not working with POST data for https on WiFi

Hi All, I have a piece of code that uses NSURLConnection to send a request to the server(HTTPS). The request has POST data (url parameters) attached to it using setHTTPBody. The piece of code works fine on device on GPRS data network. But, when trying on a secured WiFi network, the NSURLConnection calls delegates didRecieveResponse and ...

Is it possible to build an iphone app that lists available wifis and allows the user to connect one?

Hello experts! My question is as the title states. Is it possible or is that restricted to the settings app? I have tried searching for an answer in the docs but no luck. ...

connecting to wifi network using username and pass (GNU/Linux)

Hi, I have a problem to connect to wifi network, because I dont know how to set username and password, needed by network. I usually use "iwconfig" command to connect. But I didnt find nothing in man pages how to say which pass and username will be used in authentification process. Thanks for every advice. Bey ...