Ant

Hello.

I have an iPhone 4S newbie question with its wifi and Verizon 3G. How do
I make a new iPhone 4S automatically switch over to wifi connections
when available instead of using Verizon 3G that have data caps? It is
annoying to switch between them manually through its settings. I assume
there is a way to do this automatic. Basically, wifi preferred when it
is available. A prompt to switch between them would be nice too
especially with untrusted wireless acesss points (WAPs) and 3G caps.

Thank you in advance.
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In article <I_SdndMgFZubta3SnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@earthlink.com> , Ant
<ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:

> I have an iPhone 4S newbie question with its wifi and Verizon 3G. How do
> I make a new iPhone 4S automatically switch over to wifi connections
> when available instead of using Verizon 3G that have data caps? It is
> annoying to switch between them manually through its settings. I assume
> there is a way to do this automatic. Basically, wifi preferred when it
> is available. A prompt to switch between them would be nice too
> especially with untrusted wireless acesss points (WAPs) and 3G caps.

iphones automatically prefer wifi. you only need to join a wifi network
once, and with a password if required. it will save that information
and rejoin it the next time you are within range. there is also an
option to auto-join any network it sees but you don't need to enable
that if you want to only join known networks.

Chris Blunt

On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:20:38 -0600, ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) wrote:

>Hello.
>
>I have an iPhone 4S newbie question with its wifi and Verizon 3G. How do
>I make a new iPhone 4S automatically switch over to wifi connections
>when available instead of using Verizon 3G that have data caps? It is
>annoying to switch between them manually through its settings. I assume
>there is a way to do this automatic. Basically, wifi preferred when it
>is available. A prompt to switch between them would be nice too
>especially with untrusted wireless acesss points (WAPs) and 3G caps.

If you have both WiFi and 3G turned on at the same time the phone will
choose WiFi as its first priority, if available, and only use 3G when
it is not.

I leave both WiFi and 3G turned on all the time, with "Ask to Join
Networks" set to "OFF". My phone automatically connects to known WiFi
networks as I move around and only uses 3G when no known WiFi networks
are within range.

Chris

Ant

On 2/6/2012 5:44 PM PT, Chris Blunt typed:

> If you have both WiFi and 3G turned on at the same time the phone will
> choose WiFi as its first priority, if available, and only use 3G when
> it is not.
>
> I leave both WiFi and 3G turned on all the time, with "Ask to Join
> Networks" set to "OFF". My phone automatically connects to known WiFi
> networks as I move around and only uses 3G when no known WiFi networks
> are within range.

Thanks! But why let your iPhone to autojoin any new/unknown wireless
acceess points (WAPs)? They should be untrusted due to possible security
breaches (hackers, sniffers, etc.).
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In article <GYadnWvxGPunkqzSnZ2dnUVZ_t6XnZ2d@earthlink.com> , Ant
<ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> > If you have both WiFi and 3G turned on at the same time the phone will
> > choose WiFi as its first priority, if available, and only use 3G when
> > it is not.
> >
> > I leave both WiFi and 3G turned on all the time, with "Ask to Join
> > Networks" set to "OFF". My phone automatically connects to known WiFi
> > networks as I move around and only uses 3G when no known WiFi networks
> > are within range.
>
> Thanks! But why let your iPhone to autojoin any new/unknown wireless
> acceess points (WAPs)? They should be untrusted due to possible security
> breaches (hackers, sniffers, etc.).

if you disable ask to join networks, it will only join the ones to
which you have previously associated.

Michelle Steiner

In article <GYadnWvxGPunkqzSnZ2dnUVZ_t6XnZ2d@earthlink.com> ,
Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> > I leave both WiFi and 3G turned on all the time, with "Ask to Join
> > Networks" set to "OFF". My phone automatically connects to known WiFi
> > networks as I move around and only uses 3G when no known WiFi networks
> > are within range.
>
> Thanks! But why let your iPhone to autojoin any new/unknown wireless
> acceess points (WAPs)? They should be untrusted due to possible security
> breaches (hackers, sniffers, etc.).

Um, it autojoins only known WiFi networks. If it's never joined that
network before, it asks.

However, all networks with the same name are considered to be the same
network. So, for instance, if you join Apple's customer network in an
Apple Store, you will autojoin the network in any Apple Store.

Similarly, if you join a network named "Linksys", you will autojoin any
network named Linksys so long as they are not password protected or have
the same password as the one you manually joined. This can be dangerous,
but it's highly unlikely that there will be any adverse fallout.

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Ant

> > > If you have both WiFi and 3G turned on at the same time the phone will
> > > choose WiFi as its first priority, if available, and only use 3G when
> > > it is not.
> > >
> > > I leave both WiFi and 3G turned on all the time, with "Ask to Join
> > > Networks" set to "OFF". My phone automatically connects to known WiFi
> > > networks as I move around and only uses 3G when no known WiFi networks
> > > are within range.
> >
> > Thanks! But why let your iPhone to autojoin any new/unknown wireless
> > acceess points (WAPs)? They should be untrusted due to possible security
> > breaches (hackers, sniffers, etc.).

> if you disable ask to join networks, it will only join the ones to
> which you have previously associated.

Ah OK. Good and thanks!
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Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
> In article <GYadnWvxGPunkqzSnZ2dnUVZ_t6XnZ2d@earthlink.com> ,
> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

> > > I leave both WiFi and 3G turned on all the time, with "Ask to Join
> > > Networks" set to "OFF". My phone automatically connects to known WiFi
> > > networks as I move around and only uses 3G when no known WiFi networks
> > > are within range.
> >
> > Thanks! But why let your iPhone to autojoin any new/unknown wireless
> > acceess points (WAPs)? They should be untrusted due to possible security
> > breaches (hackers, sniffers, etc.).

> Um, it autojoins only known WiFi networks. If it's never joined that
> network before, it asks.

Ah good.


> However, all networks with the same name are considered to be the same
> network. So, for instance, if you join Apple's customer network in an
> Apple Store, you will autojoin the network in any Apple Store.

> Similarly, if you join a network named "Linksys", you will autojoin any
> network named Linksys so long as they are not password protected or have
> the same password as the one you manually joined. This can be dangerous,
> but it's highly unlikely that there will be any adverse fallout.

Ooh, that's bad. I am surprised it doesn't check for MAC addresses. I
know they can be spoofed, but still!
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ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) said:

>Ooh, that's bad. I am surprised it doesn't check for MAC addresses. I
>know they can be spoofed, but still!

That would be unproductive, all but the smallest wifi networks have
multiple MAC addresses and multiple access points serving a single SSID.

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On Feb 8, 8:07*pm, DevilsPGD <boogabo...@crazyhat.net> wrote:
>
> >Ooh, that's bad. I am surprised it doesn't check for MAC addresses. I
> >know they can be spoofed, but still!
>
> That would be unproductive, all but the smallest wifi networks have
> multiple MAC addresses and multiple access points serving a single SSID.

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks.