wifi issue with Optimum Wifi

[brucin]

I'm having a problem getting my droid to connect to Optimum Wifi. This is a free wifi service for customers of cablevision. There are thousands of wifi spots in the NYC metro area.

When I turn on the wifi on the droid it sees the optimum wifi network and connects. The problem is you have to sign in to use it and the droid browser will not bring up the login screen. I tried restarting the droid but it still wouldn't bring up the login screen.

Any other droid owners in the NYC area who subscribe to Cablevision with this issue?

[Jthomas]

I think if you do a "add a wifi" put optimum wifi as the ssid. and manually enter your login info so next time you're in the covered area it should work. I haven't tried it yet. may be in the next couple of days I will.

Hope it helps.
J.thomas

[brucin]

i will give that a try. I added my droids MAC address to the Optimum Wifi web site but it still doesnt work. i think there is a compatability issue between optimum and droid.

[Jthomas]

Hi

I was able to connect without a problem. The signal was weak. 2 wifi bars.otherthan that no problems. Set the security OPEN. I live in the rockland county. Let me know if I @an be more help.

[brucin]

The security is set to open. My signal was 3 bars. I connect with my notebook at the same location without issue so this is a bit frustrating.

[Jthomas]

Did you try contacting Cablevision?. They may have a solution. Good luck.

[brucin]

Yes and they said to contact Verizon. I will try getting them the next time I try to connect to Optimum Wifi.

[Jthomas]

it might be good idea to see if you can find a Verizon store within the optimum wifi coverage area, and see if the store tech can help if nt call verizon directly from there. Iam pretty sure its just a matter of some simple setting issue.

[brucin]

Problem solved, I hope. Optimum Wifi was saved in the droids wifi settings. I told the droid to forget Optimum Wifi shut off wifi and turned it back on. When I tried to connect to Optimum again it worked fine. Hopefully I won't have to do that every time I connect to it but if I have to I will.

[cuskit]

Puzzling. I have my Droid set to "remember" my Optimum Wifi, and have no problems getting at least 3 bars minimum as soon as I get into an area served by Optimum. I had set it up initially, and now as soon as I turn on wifi, there it is! I'm assuming that's what "remember" is for - so that you don't have to input any data everytime you wish to use the Optimum wifi.

Let us know how you make out your next time attempting this. Thanks for posting!

Mikey - Proud inventor of the MIKRADLE (multimedia dock)!