S60 Open to new features

I certainly hope it is easier in the future, I have a few ideas I'm going to bring up when we meet next week and talk about MWS.

Jukka,

I am working with a slight variation of your approach. I run the server locally but include the mobile phone in my Wifi network at home to have access to it via the web browser of my PC. On the access point I 'locked' my Nokia phone to a specific IP address. When the mobile asks for an IP address when the connection is established it always gets the same. A little bookmark in my browser on the PC and voilà, easy and quick access.

Cheers,
Martin

Thanks for the explanation.
It is written simply and understandably, and it worked at first try!

Martin, that's a good tip and a bit easier to set up.

so the next step would be to implement a dhcp-server for s60 devices. (Or is there already one?)
Then the fixed-IP-hazzling would go away.

and how do we get some dns-like funktionality? (so people could send their requests to "TobiPhone" instead of "192.168.1.1")

I would like to get my girlfriend to be able to use this, but I guess by the numer "2" (dictating the IP) I would already hear "forget it!"...

Wao! This is great! I really appreciate it!

Thank You Gentleman! This is a dream come true for me!

I knew that add-hoc network requires all devices to have the same network mask but I did not know how to set the IP address on the E70! Now you thought me that also! Thank You!

This is wonderful! I love your blog already!
;-)

May I ask you two other questions:
1. Can the owner access be disabled? No supervisor access through the web, only from the terminal... Is that possible?

2. Could you please give us some emergency shut down option, e.g.: a "Master switch" in the server which disables all access at once? (even super user = owner should be possible to get disabled)

Does it fit with your design philosophy?

I mean some sort of emergency switch when you realise that something is terribly wrong... It could also be an independent firewall of some sort... ;-) at system level? :-) or an independent wifi-killer of some sort, etc...

Terveisia: Aron

p.s.: I am in "prophetizing" mood after reading your blog... Mark my words :-) : ad-hoc mode web-server on mobile devices will become a major wave of the pocket computing revolution... Congratulations Nokia! I guess that is another first... Isn't it?

P.s.2: written on an E70 - true geek style... :-)

@Tobi: S60 devices cannot (at least not yet) act as routers having services like DHCP or DNS. I don't have information about such plans either. At the moment simplest solution is to use a PC to provide those services if you need them.

@Aron: Great this helped you. About our design philosophy we listen to you and implement new things if it's feasible. I'll definitely add your ideas to our "wishlist".

Not exactly a comment to the adhoc network settings, but i stumbled about this java server yesterday and it has some nice features.

http://www.tools4mobile.eu/

The Server Status and the Logfiles are a must have i think..
I like the filebrowser and upload funktion too..

Overall i like the MWS better, because of its right management, is faster and its free ;)

Oh, and while i'm at missing features. I would like to link my own static pages with the menue.
I'm sure there allready some ways, but i haven't found out how..

Eismaus

@Tobi: We need something like this: http://www.novelinteractions.com/resolvr/index.html

Are there obtain data from GPS?

GPF: Yes GPS data can be obtained (and put in your mobsite) if you have our version 1.1 installed. For more information see Python documentation:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pys60/PythonForS60_1_4_1_doc.pdf?modtime=1192536525&big_mirror=0

Aron: May I ask you two other questions:
1. Can the owner access be disabled? No supervisor access through the web, only from the terminal... Is that possible?

YES: Choose at star the "Local connection" and then go with your own mobile browser and write as url 127.0.0.1 or simply write localhost. If you choose wlan here then you can allow other (in the wlan range) to surf into you mob-site if you let them know your ip address. This number you can find from options menu Connection info.

2. Could you please give us some emergency shut down option, e.g.: a "Master switch" in the server which disables all access at once? (even super user = owner should be possible to get disabled)

Answer: MWS UI at the phone side: Settings/Connection filtering/All but administrator (meaning that it filters all but the admin > allowing only admin)

Any one have further developments on http4mobile from tools4mobile?

Hijukka,

Ur blog s quite informative .. Really u rocked ..

Am a beginner in mobile computing. I have created a small mobile web application using java & wml.
I have tested it in openwave V7 simulator. its working fine.
Now am planning to run my application in my Nokia N70 mobile. I dont have WIFI in my mobile.

Could u give me a suggestion how to proceed using bluetooth & GPRS.. i have my GPRS enabled..

And also could u pls send me steps to run my mobile web application in my mobile using WIFI, wireless network.. i would try it using my friend's HTC mobile which has WIFI..

Am welcoming suggestions from all..