When is broadband not broadband? (regarding mobile phone)

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Sun May 17, 2015 12:43 am

I have Samsung mobile. I have the "app" called WhatsApp (The app is very good) When I am out and about WhatsApp works fine, as soon as I come home my phone connects to my Wifi via "BTWifi-with-FON" if i use WhatsApp, it will not "send / receive" anything. However as soon as i change my Wifi connection to "someone-else" Wifi (which needs a password) WhatsApp works. my question is, why?

Email will work if either is connected, which to me makes it more confusing.

getthewheelsinline · Post by **getthewheelsinline** » Sun May 17, 2015 7:49 am

Some wifi connections restrict access to various websites and apps. FON is probably just trying to limit data usage due to potentially large photos/videos being transmitted. BT should be able to confirm this is the case though.

Not sure if FON is a captive WIFI, but WhatsApp does not support proxy connections.

Bob225 · Post by **Bob225** » Sun May 17, 2015 9:12 am

bt fon and wifi is basically a free wifi hotspot your supplying to anyone in range, the hotspot works the same as any public hotspot it requires you to login via a browser to gain access with your bt details

bt homehub's are set like this as default, simply login it to the HH/Router and disable it

http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/deta ... ith-fon%3F

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Sun May 17, 2015 10:19 am

Interesting. Thanks

Magic Matt · Post by **Magic Matt** » Mon May 18, 2015 7:01 pm

You should be connecting to your hub using the connection settings on the label found on the router, not via FON. You have a username and password for FON supplied separately but you have to log in to this each time you want to use it.

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Mon May 18, 2015 7:59 pm

Magic Matt wrote: You have a username and password for FON supplied separately.

That is true

Magic Matt wrote: but you have to log in to this each time you want to use it.

No I don't. THAT, was the problem, my phone always wants to log into FON even though I did not tell it what the FON pass word is.