[maemo-developers] Localhost unavailable when wi-fi offline or not connected

[From: Kalle Valo]

"ext Mike Cowlishaw" <mfc at acm.org> writes:

> While trying to test this on an aeroplane at the weekend -- with Wi-Fi
> offline, of course -- the browser would not connect to the server.  I've
> since experimented further and find a similar (or the same) problem occurs
> online if no Wi-Fi connection is active.
>
> This is a showstopper for my application as it means I cannot easily view my
> data unless online and connected -- is there a fix/workaround?

There is/was dummy IAP support which you could use here:

http://maemo.org/maemowiki/DummyIAP

But it accidentally went kaput at some stage. Patrik, what's the
status with that?

-- 
Kalle Valo