Peter

Is there such a thing?

There are plenty of HDMI adapters.

I have not yet found one which combines this.

The application is for using an Ipad as a device to drive a 1080p
television, via HDMI, from BBC Iplayer (for which there is an app in
the apple shop) which uses quite fast data; a bit too fast for the
wifi we have.

Michelle Steiner

In article <mblb87le5il1mn2hse3s55966abavciq90@4ax.com>,
Peter <nospam@nospam9876.com> wrote:

> Is there such a thing?
>
> There are plenty of HDMI adapters.
>
> I have not yet found one which combines this.

I doubt that you will even find an ethernet adaptor, period. So far as I
know, there aren't any.

You could buy an inexpensive 802.11n router, connect it via ethernet to
your current router, and connect the iPad to it via WiFi.

(cross posted, and followups set, to comp.mobile.ipad)

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Peter

Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

>In article <mblb87le5il1mn2hse3s55966abavciq90@4ax.com>,
> Peter <nospam@nospam9876.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there such a thing?
>>
>> There are plenty of HDMI adapters.
>>
>> I have not yet found one which combines this.
>
>I doubt that you will even find an ethernet adaptor, period. So far as I
>know, there aren't any.
>
>You could buy an inexpensive 802.11n router, connect it via ethernet to
>your current router, and connect the iPad to it via WiFi.
>
>(cross posted, and followups set, to comp.mobile.ipad)

Which routers are known to work 100% with the Ipad?

I find that Draytek and Linksys products, which work with everything
else, get upset by the Ipad.

My Draytek routers get their wifi subsystem crashed by the Ipad,
though not right away.

Linksys routers (we have a couple which act as ethernet to wifi
bridges) cause other problems. One of them, configured for WEP (for
reasons I won't go into) crashes the Ipad and the Ipad has to be
turned off and back on (otherwise it cannot see any wifi access
points, including a WPA one). The other one, WPA, the Ipad cannot
connect to in the usual way i.e. simply by entering the key at the
prompt; I finally managed it by creating a wifi connection manually
and entering both the SSID and the WPA password.

I have never seen such problems with wifi as I have seen with the
Ipad2, and the Iphone4 (latest software in both) does exactly the same
thing.

Michael Eyd

Am 30.09.2011 17:34, schrieb Peter:

> Which routers are known to work 100% with the Ipad?
>
> I find that Draytek and Linksys products, which work with everything
> else, get upset by the Ipad.
>
> My Draytek routers get their wifi subsystem crashed by the Ipad,
> though not right away.
>
> Linksys routers (we have a couple which act as ethernet to wifi
> bridges) cause other problems. One of them, configured for WEP (for
> reasons I won't go into) crashes the Ipad and the Ipad has to be
> turned off and back on (otherwise it cannot see any wifi access
> points, including a WPA one). The other one, WPA, the Ipad cannot
> connect to in the usual way i.e. simply by entering the key at the
> prompt; I finally managed it by creating a wifi connection manually
> and entering both the SSID and the WPA password.
>
> I have never seen such problems with wifi as I have seen with the
> Ipad2, and the Iphone4 (latest software in both) does exactly the same
> thing.

I can't speak for the iPad (2), as I only have iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and
(until it was stolen) iPhone 3G.

All these devices worked without problems with WiFi routers from AVM
(FritzBox 7390), Netgear (two different models), and Aruba (here in the
office, tested only with iPhone 4). Plus numerous other WiFi networks,
but there I have no clue which router hardware the operators are using...

The tests were conducted both using unprotected networks and WPA
protected ones (no WEP ones :-) ), though usually not using the same
routers.

Conclusion: Based on my experiences the iPhones seem to cooperate pretty
well with about any WiFi router. :-)

Best regards,

Michael

nospam

In article <q1ob87tl8vl1r0l7fgdqutnleders3onlr@4ax.com>, Peter
<nospam@nospam9876.com> wrote:

> >You could buy an inexpensive 802.11n router, connect it via ethernet to
> >your current router, and connect the iPad to it via WiFi.
>
> Which routers are known to work 100% with the Ipad?

all of them. the ipad has standard 802.11a/b/g/n, including 5 ghz n.

> I find that Draytek and Linksys products, which work with everything
> else, get upset by the Ipad.

nonsense. i have several linksys routers and they work just fine. also,
linksys and cisco routers (same company) are frequently used for public
wifi hotspots and i've yet to have any problem there either.

> My Draytek routers get their wifi subsystem crashed by the Ipad,
> though not right away.

sounds like a bug in the draytek. there really isn't any way that an
external device can crash a wifi router (other than something like a
denial of service attack).

> Linksys routers (we have a couple which act as ethernet to wifi
> bridges) cause other problems. One of them, configured for WEP (for
> reasons I won't go into) crashes the Ipad and the Ipad has to be
> turned off and back on (otherwise it cannot see any wifi access
> points, including a WPA one). The other one, WPA, the Ipad cannot
> connect to in the usual way i.e. simply by entering the key at the
> prompt; I finally managed it by creating a wifi connection manually
> and entering both the SSID and the WPA password.

linksys makes zillions of different models with many different firmware
revisions plus the various third party options (e.g., dd-wrt), so it
wouldn't surprise me in the least if it's a router or configuration
issue. in other words, it's not the ipad.

linksys is a very popular brand, and if there really was a problem with
ipads not working with linksys there would be numerous reports, yet
this is the first i've heard of any such issue.

> I have never seen such problems with wifi as I have seen with the
> Ipad2, and the Iphone4 (latest software in both) does exactly the same
> thing.

i've never seen such problems as the various ones you seem to have.

hwh

On 9/30/11 5:34 PM, Peter wrote:
> I find that Draytek and Linksys products, which work with everything
> else, get upset by the Ipad.

I think they should work and probably do for most people. If you want to
be absolutely sure just get an Apple router (Airport Extreme).

gr, hwh

Michelle Steiner

In article <q1ob87tl8vl1r0l7fgdqutnleders3onlr@4ax.com>,
Peter <nospam@nospam9876.com> wrote:

> Which routers are known to work 100% with the Ipad?

All 802.11n routers.

> I have never seen such problems with wifi as I have seen with the
> Ipad2, and the Iphone4 (latest software in both) does exactly the same
> thing.

The problem is either with you or with the person who set up the router; it
is not with the hardware.

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Michelle Steiner

In article <4e85e952$0$2531$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>,
hwh <iimeeltje@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:

> I think they should work and probably do for most people. If you want to
> be absolutely sure just get an Apple router (Airport Extreme).

For the needs he cited, the Airport Express would suffice. But he would
need to set up either of them from his computer.

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hwh

On 9/30/11 7:08 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <4e85e952$0$2531$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>,
> hwh <iimeeltje@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> I think they should work and probably do for most people. If you want to
>> be absolutely sure just get an Apple router (Airport Extreme).
>
> For the needs he cited, the Airport Express would suffice. But he would
> need to set up either of them from his computer.

Or wait until IOS 5 arrives, which is rumored to have an Airport setup
app. Which of course would come in quite handy.

gr, hwh

Michelle Steiner

In article <4e85fa1b$0$2507$e4fe514c@news2.news.xs4all.nl>,
hwh <iimeeltje@hotmail.com.invalid> wrote:

> > For the needs he cited, the Airport Express would suffice. But he
> > would need to set up either of them from his computer.
>
> Or wait until IOS 5 arrives, which is rumored to have an Airport setup
> app. Which of course would come in quite handy.

Yeah, I thought of that right after I sent the message. Only a week or two
before iOS 5 is here, depending on how soon it is released after its Oct 4
introduction.

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