I frequently travel through Hong Kong and use it as a hub when visiting other Asian countries. One of the things that I like about Hong Kong International Airport is that they offer free WiFi and they also have a Caviar House & Prunier that I frequent during stopovers.
Recently, while exiting the plane, I encountered an error while trying to connect to the free wireless sytem at the airport. It didn’t become apparent that this was an issue with my iPhone 4 running iOS5 until I later opened my laptop and was able to connect.
At Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) you can connect to either to the #HKAirport Free… the PCCW or the PCCW1x (using username: pccw and password:pccw) access points for free access.
The error I encountered was:
Sysetm is busy. Please try to restart your browser and try again.
[Page Not Found - /MsgPage/error.htmlerror id=119134].
I later realized that the issue dealt with my iPhone’s ability to accept cookies, thus resolving the issue. Read more about how to fix this issue, after the jump.
On the iPhone running iOS5, simply go to Settings and then navigate to Safari:
Choose the Accept Cookies option and change the option from Never to another option, depending on how sensitive you are to cookies tracking your browsing activity.
After making the requisite changes (above), I was able to connect without an issue.
Sidenote: PCCW’s 802.1x service is a really awesome feature – you no longer need to worry about people snooping in on your internet access via WiFi sniffing. From my understanding, it’s the only airport in the world right now that offers this service.
