[arm-allstar] Operation through iPhone hotspot

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

I am curious, can you put the original name back in and try it with a know
good password. I want to know if that was the problem.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 11:26 PM, Chris Souleles <csouleles at prodigy.net>
wrote:

> Doug
>
> I changed my iPhone name to eliminate the space. It shows up as one word,
> no space, no dash.  Now I'm connecting through the hotspot.
>
> I'm not sure if it was that or if I also had a password problem, but in
> any event it is working now so I'm going to leave the space out of my
> iPhone name.
>
> Thanks for all the help....... now I'm ready to take the node on the road
> in my RV and see how it works out.
>
> Chris - W6CS - 73
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> *To:* ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> *Cc:* Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 21, 2017 6:39 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [arm-allstar] Operation through iPhone hotspot
>
> Chris,
>
> Two things.  First there is a current bug in the wireless code that does
> not accept the single quote character. Iphones apparently get named
> something like - Chris' Iphone  - if your phone name has an ' (single
> quote) in it take it out. To do this you need to rename the phone as the
> SSID is the phone name.
>
> Second - what provider are you using? If it is AT&T there is an issue and I
> can supply you with a fix but first make sure the first problem is solved
> and if that does not work get back to me.
>
> You should get a valid IP address (NOT 127.0.0.1) once you fix the name. If
> you do and you are then not getting connections let me know.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 9:26 PM, "Chris Souleles via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > I need help connecting my node through an iPhone hot spot for mobile
> > operation.  I have it working at home on wireless and wired ethernet.
> When
> > I try the hotspot, I can see my iPhone when I look at the wpa_supplicant
> > file but when I try to connect all I get is a beep and no connection.
> > Also, I'm not getting the IP address announcement on start up like I do
> on
> > wired ethernet or wireless.
> > Node is RPI3, URIx, BF888 running a current version of hamvoip 1.5.
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > Thanks,  Chris - W6CS - 73
> >
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