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connecting ipod touch 8Gb with eircom hotspot

  • 04-11-2009 10:18am
    #1
    zugvogel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭


    Hi Guys, I've just bought an ipod touch 8GB model last week.
    At home I've got a Thomson Speedtouch wireless router and I had no problem setting up wifi on the ipod touch to connect to the speedtouch router. It discovered the network and all I had to do was provide the wpa password and away we go. I think the safari implementation on the touch is excellent :)

    However I have problem connecting with an eircom hot spot(s). There is a eircom wifi hotspot in Heuston Station Dublin. I'm an eircom 7MB broadband customer and they've givem me a user name and password to allow me use all thier hotspots.

    Each morning and evening for the last few days I've tried to connect to this hotspot. The itouch detects the eircom hotspot receives an IP address sets a subnet mask but nothing else. At this stage I'm expecting to be able to open safari amd it will default to an eircom web page where I input the eircom provided username and password however this page never loads and thus I can't complete a full connection.

    I think the problem may be that the touch isn't getting a full set of IP settings e.g DNS etc via DHCP when its negotiating with the eircom wireless router in heuston.

    Anybody any ideas how I might overcome this problem.

    Thks,
    Zugvogel


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  • #2
    zugvogel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭zugvogel


    Just wondering if anybody knows if I would have to jail break my new itouch (would prefer not to) if I want to install this free eircom wifi app?

    http://iphone.wareseeker.com/eircom-wifi.app/42dc180e7a


  • #3
    fox007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭fox007


    zugvogel wrote: »
    Just wondering if anybody knows if I would have to jail break my new itouch (would prefer not to) if I want to install this free eircom wifi app?

    http://iphone.wareseeker.com/eircom-wifi.app/42dc180e7a


    Im nearly sure theirs a eircom app from itunes check that out first!!


  • #4
    zugvogel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭zugvogel


    fox007 wrote: »
    Im nearly sure theirs a eircom app from itunes check that out first!!

    Hi fox007,
    Thanks for the reply.
    I tried the app store and alas eircom-wifi isn't listed. The only eircom related app is called "Broadband Stats" - tells you how much of you're monthly download allowance you've used.

    When I google eircom-wifi I get loads of hits but as its not in the app store I presume I'd have to jail break my itouch to get it installed. I'd prefer not to do this if possible.

    Cheers,
    Zugvogel.


  • #5
    zugvogel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭zugvogel


    Ok I'm sorted. I did a reset of the networking and that seems to have done the trick. Am writing this connected to an eircom hotspot outside a mcdonalds somewhere in Kildare :)


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