Quote:
Originally Posted by 2bits
overheard in a cyber cafe ...
" ... before kobo firmware upgrade to 3.n.n
I used the hosts file to block all connections to kobo sites
and connecting to the internet was never a problem.
After upgrading to 3.n.n I had to stop blocking
with the hosts file to enable connections.
Could it be kobo was phoning home to confirm an unmodified device
and (possibly unintentionally) crippling the wifi connection I wondered?
In any case enabling the connection corrected the problem.
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Kobo ereaders are known to test a URL when starting the connection. If it didn't reach the URL, it reported no connection even if it had successfully connected to the WiFi. You can see this on the router as the ereader shows up as a client and had been given an IP address.
In the past, the URL was
reported to be
http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html. If Kobo changed that to use their own server, that would explain the hosts file change blocking the connection. There are some suggestions for working around this in
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2377037.
But, I suspect the current crop of issues is not this. Some of the seem to be reporting not able to connect to the router a second time. I am not seeing this with my Touch or Glo at home. I do have a problem at work, but as others in the office are having similar problems with different devices and restarting the router fixes it, I think it is the router, not the device.