How about trying wifi first?

On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:37 PM, genedyne <gened...@gmail.com> wrote:

> For that matter, as the IoT grows, I'd expect there will be plenty of
> other situations where the same issue will arise. I really doubt we're the
> only ones to be so 'creative' ;-)
>
>
> On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 2:28:14 PM UTC-4, Robert Greenwalt wrote:
>
>> Q1 - not today.  We're working on this.
>>
>> Q2 - not easily.
>>
>> Is this a common scenario for you?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 11:02 AM, genedyne <gene...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Here is the scenario:
>>>
>>> A smart phone is used to interface to a piece of equipment via WIFI
>>> (i.e. the equipment provides limited access point capability, and the phone
>>> connects to this).
>>> An application on the phone wants to send an email.
>>> It appears that (at least DEFAULT) behavior on phones is to route email
>>> via WIFI if connected, and the cellular provider if not connected via WIFI.
>>> Since the WIFI link in this case does not provide internet connectivity,
>>> the email SHOULD be routed to the cellular provider.
>>>
>>> Q1: Is Android smart enough to figure out that the WIFI link is NOT to
>>> the internet, and route the email to the cellular provider? If so, is this
>>> basic to android, or is it a feature that may or may not exist depending on
>>> the version and/or brand? This is the preferred solution, and I've noted
>>> Windows can determine if a network has internet access or not (but might
>>> know by doing something dumb, like pinging microsoft servers, etc.)
>>>
>>> Q2: Assuming Android is not 'smart enough' or cannot determine the WIFI
>>> link is not internet capable, is there a way for the application attempting
>>> to send an email to SPECIFY the email is to be routed via the cellular
>>> provider? I'm guessing this is unlikely, as a poorly written (or
>>> intentionally badly-behaved) application could rack up $$$ using cell data
>>> transfer when a perfectly good WIFI link was available.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
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