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swamp thing · 10-19-2014, 10:26 PM

Hello,

I am returning to the forum after a long time. I got a Kobo Touch in late 2012, and I have been using it mostly as a device for reading ebooks

- always sideloading via usb and never using Wifi.

Recently I got an Android phone, so I started using WiFi to transfer web pages that I epubized via www.dotepub.com.

This worked perfectly for a few days, but now Kobo's Wifi has stopped working. (Firmware upgrading is disabled by changing /etc/hosts, so it can't be down to new fw).

The device is pingable for some time after typing the Wifi passkey, but pretty soon it says "Something went wrong" and disconnects.

Now, my version of the firmware is known to use "www.apple.com/library/test/success.html" to test the internet access. Many people have used captive servers to spoof this address and persuade kobo to stay online.

Is it possible to solve this in a simpler, definitive way? Where does the device actually store the test URL? If the string can be modified to a "file://" url instead of a "http://" url, would it work at all?

Thanks,
S. T.

10-19-2014, 10:26 PM	#5
swamp thing Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kobo Touch	Kobo giving up on WiFi : can't this be solved? Hello, I am returning to the forum after a long time. I got a Kobo Touch in late 2012, and I have been using it mostly as a device for reading ebooks - always sideloading via usb and never using Wifi. Recently I got an Android phone, so I started using WiFi to transfer web pages that I epubized via www.dotepub.com. This worked perfectly for a few days, but now Kobo's Wifi has stopped working. (Firmware upgrading is disabled by changing /etc/hosts, so it can't be down to new fw). The device is pingable for some time after typing the Wifi passkey, but pretty soon it says "Something went wrong" and disconnects. Now, my version of the firmware is known to use "www.apple.com/library/test/success.html" to test the internet access. Many people have used captive servers to spoof this address and persuade kobo to stay online. Is it possible to solve this in a simpler, definitive way? Where does the device actually store the test URL? If the string can be modified to a "file://" url instead of a "http://" url, would it work at all? Thanks, S. T.