Most of us probably use wireless tether when away from home, in a public place. Since wireless tether on the Hero doesn't support WEP, how do you prevent others from connecting to your hotspot? I was running wireless tether and somebody jumped onto the network and I didn't know how to boot him/her off.
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Wireless tether - how to block others from connecting?
Did you read my post? Do you have WEP + a working wireless tether on your CDMA Hero?
Here's the source: FAQ - android-wifi-tether - Frequently Asked Questions - Project Hosting on Google Code
Why does WEP-encryption not work on my phone?
Wireless interfaces of almost all HTC-devices which are sold by HTC (these devices are coming with the so called "Sense" user interface) don't seem to support WEP-encryption in ad-hoc mode. We developers don't have such devices available for testing. So, if you have found any solution regarding this problem - please let us know.
I wonder if WEP works on CM6 since it is Sense-less? Anyone try this?
andygu3
Android Expert
wireless tether on cSrOm rom worked just fine, it was an AOSP rom
Wireless tether works on Sense ROMS too. But you can't enable WEP when running wireless tether on Sense ROMs. So the question is can you enable WEP on the CDMA Hero with a non-Sense ROM?
Yes, you can. I am running Froyo and have WEP enable on my wifi tether.
dpeeps74
Well-Known Member
well, my findings were different. i applied wep, connected, and it asked me for the key, which i provided, however, no network access. if i disable wep, no issues browsing or anything. it has access control, not sure how well it works but you could enable it and i believe that if you don't grant a computer access they can't browse or anything, but i'm no expert for sure. i've used wireless tether 2 times officially now.
Thanks. In another thread, andygu3 also confirmed WEP works on Froyo.