802.1x and the iPhone

Hey...these new web apps are cool (http://www.apple.com/webapps/whatarewebapps.html). Oh, wait, I can't use the wifi at my university so who wants to wait for them to load. Nevermind.

Just wanted to add my voice to those others wanting 802.1X added to the iPod Touch - it's required to connect to my university network, so I'd really appreciate if Apple could get on it.

I'm still completely shocked that they haven't added this functionality. I simply don't understand why it was not included from the start. iPhone needs to support 802.1X and WPA Enterprise ASAP.

My friend has an iPod Touch, and I am hoping to buy an iPhone when it comes out (I am in the UK, anyone from Aberystwyth Uni on this thread?), and we have encountered this problem.

Perhaps Apple never anticipated that students would be able to afford these products and connect them to their networks! Indeed, I am going to struggle with the initial cost and the £35 / month tariff.

I am interested in the iPhone because it is honestly the only phone around that works the way I think a phone should work. But now that this issue has come to light, that seems not to be the case!

I have left feedback for Apple, and am hoping for an update soon!

just thought id let people know what others have been writing on another similar page:

neuroanatomist wrote:
Apparently, there is 802.1X support already embedded in the OS, it's just not enabled (just like calendar event additions).
From http://db.tidbits.com/article/9182
And while Devicescape isn't emphasizing this, the company told me in a briefing >a few days ago that they had unearthed the business-grade Wi-Fi authentication >client software in the iPhone OS that's also found in Mac OS X. This client - an >802.1X supplicant, if you must know the technical name - would let iPhone users >connect to Wi-Fi networks that don't use a gateway page or simple static shared >encryption keys. 802.1X allows a device to connect to a Wi-Fi network with a >user name and password (among other kinds of credentials), and then the network >system assigns a unique encryption key to that user.

Why would they include the supplicant but not enable it? Baffling, just baffling...

All of the National Health Service (NHS) in England uses 802.1x authentication for hospital wireless networks deployed by Cisco (I think). Lack of support for this standard means none of the doctors will be able to access the internet on the wards or clinics from the iPhone. I was looking forward to viewing images on our web based PACS system!

I have posted a feature request to Apple on the iPhone feedback page, and would suggest anyone who comes across this to do the same. Hope Apple are listening.

*Good luck!*

Thats a good idea folks! Let's give Apple some feedback on the missing 802.1X integration - it would be an easy thing for them to put it in the next software update...

The college that I go to uses this for their wi-fi security, so I'm waiting for Apple to add this feature so I can access the Internet.

I want 802.1x also so I can access my university network! Please put this in the next software update!

please, my university uses 802.1x too.......and im sick of using edge all the time. i cant believe apple left this out, its so simple. just like copy paste

I am one of the many college students whos school uses 802.1X to authenticate for wi-fi. If I walk away from my room (I have an AirPort Extreme) my network connection gets lost and the functionality that I bought my iPod TOuch for is gone. PLease get 802.1X working on the iPhone/iPod Touch!

Same here, does anyone remember when Steve introduced the ipod touch with safari talking about going across a uni campus with the full internet and using the web pages to login. well most of use cant now since i belive most uni run 802.1x. so get with the demand apple!!

Add my name to the growing list of frustrated people who cannot connect to university networks because of the 802.1x was not apart of the software.

I'm so frustrated about this as I just got an Ipod Touch but can't access the internet because it isn't compatible with 802.1x

Is there anything new here?

Yeah me too. I go to the University of Pittsburgh which just started using 802.11X and I cannot connect to the network. Really ***** since my whole campus is wireless.