As a university student who's IT department provides wifi service specifically for mobile devices using 802.1x, access to certain credentials are the only way I'd be able to connect a Fire to the internet. Can anyone speak to whether or not the KF has those capabilities?
I checked the product page, and while Amazon doesn't specifically state that 802.1X is supported, it only mentions that ad-hoc and peer to peer enterprise connections are barred. Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding something here--I just don't speak wifi-jargon all that fluently.
Additionally, I've had some degree of success connecting other Android devices with similar limitations to our network here using programs like Fix My Wifi that somehow forced (my old Samsung Intercept) onto the network. Are there any apps that could do something similar for the Fire either in the Amazon store (note likely) or in Get Jar (more likely)?
Thanks so much in advance to any and all responses.
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The Kindle Fire and 802.1X
according to this, the answer is no: www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeI...
At the very bottom: Enterprise/ADHOC/ peer-to-peer network : Not supported
So if it were to be supported, it would be at a later date or through software.
Then again, on the main kindle specs it say it supports: enterprise networks with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication.
So it might be hit or miss depending on the particular enterprise network.
At the very bottom: Enterprise/ADHOC/ peer-to-peer network : Not supported
So if it were to be supported, it would be at a later date or through software.
Then again, on the main kindle specs it say it supports: enterprise networks with support for WEP, WPA and WPA2 security using password authentication.
So it might be hit or miss depending on the particular enterprise network.
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Not sure if this helps, but I'm connected at work with PEAP/MSCHAPV2 okay. We're using a cisco wireless controller here.
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