On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 12:41 +0900, hypnos75 at gmail.com wrote: > Hello again, > > An update: it looks like UQ of Japan uses an ActiveX control in > Internet Explorer to activate WiMAX service. The ActiveX control > launches the Intel WiMAX connection utility, which then writes > "credentials to your device." This is described here: > > http://www.clearwire.com/downloads/UQDayPassQuickStartGuide.pdf > > I am confronted with the situation on the last page. > > I guess this works for them since the only devices they support with > embedded WiMAX run Windows; unfortunately, I do not, though if I get > desperate I could install a Windows partition for this purpose. > > In closing, I have three questions: > > 1) What are these "credentials" ? I bet it is the TTLS credentials (user name, password, etc). The actual device certificates are embedded in the device, there is no way (or need) for them to modify them. > 2) Is there a way to install these credentials in Linux? Without being able to tell what they are exactly, I don't really know. You could try to ask them. > 3) How does activation work with other carriers, e.g. Clearwire in the > US? Clearwire, for example, just does MAC level authentication, you associate your MAC address to your account and are good to go, there is no extra authentication (ok, I am kind of lying here, your login name is MACADDRESS at clearwire-wmx.net <or similar>)). > Thank you for your attention. > > > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:39:46 +0900 > <hypnos75 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > I connected to UQ Wimax in Japan, and via the wimax connection went > > through their web-driven subscription process. However, after > > completion, I landed on their startup page and was unable to proceed. > > This startup page talks about how subscription data is being sent to > > my wimax chip, and that I should not close the laptop. I left it > > going all night to no avail. > > > > Moreover, my system_log filled up with the following: > > > > {pid:4366, tid: 2898962176 time = 09:31:45} > > [1292373105] ././Primitives/wimax_osal_strings.c:427 Error: > > [OSAL_strlwr_s]Exit Error Could not convert string into lower case > > > > (This log message only occurs when I set "OutputTarget" to console > > in /etc/wimax/config.xml .) > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > Thanks! > > _______________________________________________ > wimax mailing list > wimax at linuxwimax.org > http://lists.linuxwimax.org/listinfo/wimax
