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Hi,
I have a problem connecting my iPhone 4S to the ad-hoc wifi connection my macbook creates when "sharing" the ethernet internet connection through wifi, with iOS6 it worked flawlessy. I have no problems connecting in wifi to my router though.
Anyone experienced that? Could you try?
Thank you
iPhone 4S, iOS 7
This looks it could be a solution.
Would you share your applescript? I use one to set up a basic ad-hoc using DHCP.
I don't seem to be able to record the setup, for some reason.
J
Sure, you're welcome to it. Hoe does that work (I'm new to this forum)? Do I post it here? The script is a bit long and it seems a bit of a side track to the original post.
Hi
To be honest, I think if I can make this work too, you might have come up with a nice work around.
Not sure that you can attach the script - there may be an issue with the apple systems not allowing it. I may be wrong though.
The other way would be to Zip it and put it ina dropbox, or use something like mediafire or we transfer.
Failing that, you should be able to paste it into a comment.
J
OK, here you go.
As you can see there's a lot of delays and some steps are done twice. I found scripting wifi to be a bit of a pain, since the network preferences window can act in rather unpredictable ways, depending on the circumstances (how were you connected, how many known networks are in range, etc etc). So, it's a rather messy script.
There's a good chance this will need some tweaks to work (especially if you're on a different OS; I'm on Mountain Lion).
Good luck!
property NetworkName : "adhocnet"
property NetworkPassword : "7654321qwerty"
property StaticAddress : "192.168.100.1"
property SubMask : "255.255.255.0"
tell application "System Preferences"
activate
set current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.network"
end tell
--this part to turn wifi on (if necessary) and select the wifi tab in the network window
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "System Preferences"
tell window "network"
repeat with theRow from 1 to 4
if name of static text of row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1 is {"Wi-Fi, Off"} then
select row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1
tell group 1
click button 1
delay 4.0
end tell
exit repeat
end if
if name of static text of row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1 is {"Wi-Fi, Connected"} then
select row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1
delay 2.0
exit repeat
end if
if name of static text of row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1 is {"Wi-Fi, On"} then
select row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1
delay 2.0
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
--this part to set manual IP address for wifi
click button "Advanced…"
delay 0.5
tell tab group 1 of sheet 1
click radio button "TCP/IP"
delay 0.5
click pop up button 1
delay 0.5
click menu item "Manually" of menu 1 of pop up button 1
delay 0.5
set value of text field 3 to SubMask
set value of text field 2 to StaticAddress
delay 1.0
end tell
tell sheet 1
click button "OK"
delay 0.5
end tell
click button "Apply"
delay 1.0
end tell
--this part to select wifi tab again (sometimes it gets deselected)
tell window "Network"
repeat with theRow from 1 to 4
if name of static text of row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1 is {"Wi-Fi, Off"} then
select row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1
tell group 1
click button 1
delay 1.0
end tell
exit repeat
end if
if name of static text of row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1 is {"Wi-Fi, Connected"} then
select row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1
delay 0.5
exit repeat
end if
if name of static text of row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1 is {"Wi-Fi, On"} then
select row theRow of table 1 of scroll area 1
delay 0.5
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
--this part to create an ad-hoc network with 128 bit WEP encryption
tell group 1
click pop up button "Network Name:"
delay 1.0
key code 121
keystroke return
end tell
end tell
repeat until exists window 1
delay 0.5
end repeat
tell window 1
delay 1.0
click pop up button 2
delay 0.5
click menu item 4 of menu 1 of pop up button 2
delay 0.5
set value of text field 3 to NetworkPassword
set value of text field 2 to NetworkPassword
set value of text field 1 to NetworkName
click button "Create"
delay 4.0
end tell
--this part to again manually set IP address (in case it got changed back)
tell window "network"
click button "Advanced…"
delay 1.0
tell tab group 1 of sheet 1
click radio button "TCP/IP"
delay 0.5
click pop up button 1
delay 0.5
click menu item "Manually" of menu 1 of pop up button 1
delay 0.5
set value of text field 3 to SubMask
set value of text field 2 to StaticAddress
delay 1.0
end tell
tell sheet 1
click button "OK"
delay 0.5
end tell
click button "Apply"
delay 1.0
end tell
end tell
end tell
tell application "System Preferences"
quit
end tell
Even though some time has passed, I would like to chime in because I had similar problems.
I tried to connect my iPad to Reflector running on my MBP to be able to show the iPad display during my lectures.
If I'm on my home network, this works like a charm, however in the class room I cannot use the university WLAN network because "Airplay/Bonjour"-essential channels are blocked.
To resolve this I used to use an ad-hoc WiFi network created on the MBP.
However, the simple solution stopped working after I upgraded to Mavericks.
After investing half a day's work I have found that this can still be made to work,
but only with the right number of voodoo incantations! ;-)
It seems essential to force the iPad to forget any "previous" version of the ad-hoc network!
(in "Wi-Fi", select info-i, then select "Forget the Network")
My workflow (that works for me right now)
1. create ad-hoc network on MBP (with WEP password)
2. go to the iPad, find the ad-hoc network (in WiFi) and make the iPad forget the network
3. join the network again and make sure that you have to re-type the password
4. start reflector on the MBP
5. check whether "Airplay" on the iPad shows the Reflector channel (wait at least 30 seconds)
6. start mirroring your iPad display
Cheers!
To add to the mystery, I tried the following with the same ad-hoc WiFi connection and all with the most recent iOS:
ipad Air - Internet Connect error message, trying to stream video drops the connection, everything else works
iPad Mini (non retina) - Internet Connect error message, trying to stream video drops the connection, everything else works
iPhone 4s - Internet Connect error message but streaming and everything else works
iPad1 - everything works with ad-hoc WiFi
Ipad2 - everthing works with ad-hoc WiFi
iMac12 - everthing works with ad-hoc WiFi
iPad touch - everthing works with ad-hoc WiFi
There must be something about the new hardware!
rickfromwoodbury wrote:
There must be something about the new hardware!
Your logic is seriously flawed... Assuming every device you listed is running the most current OS, you have at least 3 OS's and two completely different platforms represented. Concluding that the problem is "the new hardware" is completely unwarranted.
If we just look at the iPad 2, iPad mini, iPhone4s, and iPad air, they are all running the same version of iOS, so it looks like a hardware issue. I am going to try a iPad 4 later this afternoon. Any suggestions or theories would be welcome.
My guess is that the iPad4 will not work since the hardware is very similar to the non-retina iPad mini.
It's not hardware. I have an iPad 2 plus a 2 year old Macbook Pro. This started for me when I upgraded to IOS7.
Upon connecting to the ad-hoc wireless network, the iPad4 gave me the message "WifiRouter" Is Not Connected to the Internet. Are you sure you want to use this network" (the same message as the mini and the iPad air). After choosing "Join Anyway" I am able to do anything on the internet except stream video. Once I stream video, I must shut off the WiFi and turn it back on before I can get another connection to the ad-hoc wireless. I am going to try a 2nd ad-hoc wifi from another source and see if I get the same results from the above iOS devices. This is all very strange.
ios7 can't connect to wifi ad-hoc network
