Amazon Kindle and Wifi setup

[marvin]

Hi Guys

Just wondering if anyone has bought any Amazon Kindle for use in schools? Did you manage to setup the wifi connection successfuly?

I tried one this morning with no luck in connecting it and i can't find the proxy settings options!

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[jamin100]

I dont think you can set a proxy on a kindle, thats why we brought the 3G versions

[plexer]

Depending on your wifi security that bit will work however you cannot set a proxy server on a kindle.

Ben

[marvin]

We are an EMBC site so i take it there is no point having a go at connecting the wifi?
I have WPA-PSK TKIP encryption set on the access points.

[mavhc]

Setup a transparent proxy, there's no real way to set up a proxy, or to automatically set any wifi keys

Amazon Kindle - MobileRead Forums is the best place to search for such info

[Michael]

I've setup a Kindle using WPA2-AES security and it works absolutely fine. I have to agree with others, I don't re-call seeing an option for proxy settings.

The alternative is to bypass WiFi and download books using a USB cable connected to a PC. It's also a good idea to switch off WiFi, as the battery life will last upto 3 months.

[CyberNerd]

I can't really remember the details but a colleague attempted to setup a kindle on wifi; I recall that it had difficulty with certain characters in the SSID - spaces,dashes or underscores perhaps

[Blue_Cookeh]

I can't really remember the details but a colleague attempted to setup a kindle on wifi; I recall that it had difficulty with certain characters in the SSID - spaces,dashes or underscores perhaps

My Kindle had no issues with spaces in the SSID.

[Michael]

In general any SSID should just be one word, with no spaces or special characters to avoid problems. Most if not all decent access points allow you to create multiple SSIDs, so you could experiment with different names.

It does amaze me how companies seem to forget about proxies though. When I last checked Microsoft's XBOX doesn't support proxies, but Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii do!

[CyberNerd]

It does amaze me how companies seem to forget about proxies though. When I last checked Microsoft's XBOX doesn't support proxies, but Sony's PS3 and Nintendo's Wii do!

yeah, MS seems to be rapidy departing from the corporate market (win8 and the forayer with opening xbox shacks opposite apple stores) , forgetting proxies. Whilst Google are entering the same market, also forgetting about proxies (android). Clearly the IT industry has already decided for us; BYOD and transparent proxying is the way forward ?

[GrumbleDook]

Transparent proxies are becoming an increasing need, but have a look at your managed wireless solution to see if they will operate as a transparent proxy and forward traffic to your specified proxy. When we had a demo for local schools of Ruckus kit last year this question was asked and it could be done. I know similar can be done on Cisco offerings, but not sure on other solutions.

[carsonchan]

It seems a little difficult to the newbie, could not connect directly?

[sted]

It seems a little difficult to the newbie, could not connect directly?

if you have a proxy no it dosent support them there are no settings for you to enter

[TechSupp]

Transparent proxies are becoming an increasing need, but have a look at your managed wireless solution to see if they will operate as a transparent proxy and forward traffic to your specified proxy. When we had a demo for local schools of Ruckus kit last year this question was asked and it could be done. I know similar can be done on Cisco offerings, but not sure on other solutions.

Just been given a couple to setup and quickly forund the no proxy issue but....we have just had a new Ruckus wireless network installed, did anyone know if this could be done on Ruckus i.e. to set up a transparent proxy and any ideas how to do it?

[Michael]

This is interesting - I was speaking with someone (who will remain nameless) recently and I did mention about transparent proxies.

It's very easy to deploy proxy settings in a Windows environment, however some schools and businesses are increasingly using multiple platforms or devices. Ensuring proxy settings are enabled (if it's even supported) is becoming increasingly difficult. Plus many users have Smartphones on the move, and although they can connect to internal WiFi, they cannot actually use it due to proxy settings not being entered.

It's been mentioned to me that transparent proxies are less secure than standard proxy setups. What's your opinion of this?