BT Openzone
 

Has anyone tried using BT Openzone with the Nokia 770?

I have recently gotten my 770, and couldn't wait to try it out at the hotspots around our town.... however, although I connect - I am never presented with the login screen in my browser :(

Has anyone gotten this combination to work? If so, how?

Cheers for any help

Andy

Re: BT Openzone
 

Ok, this is an old post, but it covers the issue I am having. Sitting close to a BT Openzone network point I see a strong wireless signal - but when choosing to connect it always seems to result in a local link ip address.

This sounds like the DHCP request has failed, and although 'connected' the IP address on the 770 does not permit any traffic through the Openzone connection.

I have tried a few other access points, (non BT Openzone) and connected without problems - and I've seen a couple of other postings on this subject... anyone had any success?


grb

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usually when you get the local-link connection status, it means the AP you are trying to connect to is using a MAC address filter, and although you can attach to it, you are not assigned an IP, and cant get to the internet.

try using a static IP and connecting to the AP, to see if it will allow your connection, and the issue is simply DHCP being turned off on the AP.

Re: BT Openzone
 

I also have this problem with my 770. I can see the landing page for The Cloud, T-Mobile, and various smaller services, but not BT Openzone. And this is when I can connect to the hotspot without seeing the 'link-local' message.

It does seem to be returning 192.168.x.x addresses for the Primary and Secondary DNS servers though, which surely can't be right?

Re: BT Openzone
 

I too tried a T-mobile hotspot listed in the Openzone 'find a hotspot', and it worked just fine. As do the access points at home and work.

I will find another BT spot and try again...



grb.

Re: BT Openzone
 

From BT Openzone support:

So at least someone is now looking at it.

Confirming that the DNS IP addresses returned from the hotspot are the correct ones, so that isn't the issue.

Re: BT Openzone
 

I've given this another go, and according to BT Openzone support, I should be getting an IP address 10.x.x.x - well instead I'm getting 172.29.x.x, which might have something to do with it. I've reported this back to support.

Re: BT Openzone
 

I'm about to switch to BT for their free WiFi minutes. Does BT openzone work on the N800? Or is this just a 770 problem? Does roaming via BT openzone account on Cloud, on the N800 work too?

Cheers
Rich

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Latest on this - I can connect my Nokia 770 to BT Openzone without problem using a hotspot at Stansted Airport, but not at the hotspots in phoneboxes in Newcastle. Perhaps there is a problem with certain hotspots? It might not just be with Nokia devices too.

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That's a self assigned ip range. Your settings aren't getting a dhcp address.