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Norwat
Joined: Mar 01, 2006
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hY,
I've been searching for a little while now but i can seem to find anything ... Is it possible to use a cell phone to discover wireless lan's ? With some sort of software or tricks ... not olny for SE but for all cellphones, im just curious about this subject.
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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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no, because if the mobile phone doesn't support wireless then it doesn't have the capability to use or scan the wifi frequencies
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Norwat
Joined: Mar 01, 2006
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sucks ... i just tought that was some way to use the phone like a radio and scan those frenquency's ... since they work on the same spectrum . thanks anyway  |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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mobile phones use frequencies 850mhz, 900mhz, 1800mhz, 1900mhz, 2100mhz whereas wifi is based around 2.4ghz
I'm guessing though that you are thinking about bluetooth which does operate around the same frequencies as wifi but with competely different protocols
although its been known for BT and wifi to interfere with each other I haven't heard of any trick, software or other than will allow blutooth enabled phones to detect wifi
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vrl29
Joined: Dec 25, 2004
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From: Philippines
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its been known for BT and wifi to interfere with each other
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question: since i use wifi to connect to the internet from our home PC, is it inadvisable if i send data from my cell to the PC via bluetooth? 
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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Shouldn't be a problem. I've got wifi, and haven't had any probs with bluetooth.
btw, you need a wifi enabled phone like the xda 2s to scan for wifi networks - though you'll probably find like me that most need passwords to access! 
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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Posted: 2006-03-12 19:11
