Can't find free public Wifi points Toone 12.07.2007 14:14:04 I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi points. When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I cannot find any free public Wifi points at all. Could someone please help me?

Re: Can't find free public Wifi points "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)." <Jack[ at ]discussiongroup.com> 12.07.2007 19:42:32 Hi If your Wireless is secure at home (and it should) you would not be able to connect to open public wireless unless you disable your personal security. Jack (MVP-Networking). "Toone" <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2B0AA877-AAD3-4FC9-BC8F-4430D4FE1D87[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi > points. > When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I cannot > find > any free public Wifi points at all. > Could someone please help me?

Re: Can't find free public Wifi points Toone 12.07.2007 21:56:00 Sorry, I don't understand. Home is secured by a wep key, is this what you mean? How do I disable my personal security? "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi > If your Wireless is secure at home (and it should) you would not be able to > connect to open public wireless unless you disable your personal security. > Jack (MVP-Networking). > > "Toone" <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:2B0AA877-AAD3-4FC9-BC8F-4430D4FE1D87[ at ]microsoft.com... > > I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi > > points. > > When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I cannot > > find > > any free public Wifi points at all. > > Could someone please help me? > > >

Re: Can't find free public Wifi points "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)." <Jack[ at ]discussiongroup.com> 12.07.2007 22:11:08 Hi Yap, Open Sources do not know what your WEP key is (and they do not want to know either ;) ). Try to disable the WEP when you are using Public Hot Spot. Do not forget to enable it again when you done. Jack (MVP-Networking). "Toone" <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1837002D-F830-4FF5-8C5E-691C0334147E[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Sorry, I don't understand. Home is secured by a wep key, is this what you > mean? > How do I disable my personal security? > > > "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote: > >> Hi >> If your Wireless is secure at home (and it should) you would not be able >> to >> connect to open public wireless unless you disable your personal >> security. >> Jack (MVP-Networking). >> >> "Toone" <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:2B0AA877-AAD3-4FC9-BC8F-4430D4FE1D87[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi >> > points. >> > When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I >> > cannot >> > find >> > any free public Wifi points at all. >> > Could someone please help me? >> >> >>

Re: Can't find free public Wifi points Toone 13.07.2007 10:18:02 I do not understand because every network has is own properties. You can fill in bij the network at home that I am using a WEP-key. At an another network I'll give at the properties no WEP key. Is this what you mean? I thought it is standard to give the properties for each network. "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi > Yap, Open Sources do not know what your WEP key is (and they do not want to > know either ;) ). > Try to disable the WEP when you are using Public Hot Spot. Do not forget to > enable it again when you done. > Jack (MVP-Networking). > > "Toone" <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:1837002D-F830-4FF5-8C5E-691C0334147E[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Sorry, I don't understand. Home is secured by a wep key, is this what you > > mean? > > How do I disable my personal security? > > > > > > "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> If your Wireless is secure at home (and it should) you would not be able > >> to > >> connect to open public wireless unless you disable your personal > >> security. > >> Jack (MVP-Networking). > >> > >> "Toone" <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >> news:2B0AA877-AAD3-4FC9-BC8F-4430D4FE1D87[ at ]microsoft.com... > >> > I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi > >> > points. > >> > When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I > >> > cannot > >> > find > >> > any free public Wifi points at all. > >> > Could someone please help me? > >> > >> > >> > > >

Re: Can't find free public Wifi points Barb Bowman <barb[ at ]nospam.com> 13.07.2007 11:54:30 are you saying that networks do not show up in the list of available wireless networks at all or are you saying they show up but you cannot connect to them. or do you mean free versus paid? On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:14:04 -0700, Toone <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi points. >When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I cannot find >any free public Wifi points at all. >Could someone please help me? -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Re: Can't find free public Wifi points Toone 13.07.2007 20:12:05 Yes that's what I mean. The free public wifi points don't show in the list of available networks. When I at home I can see all available networks for example of my neighbours. "Barb Bowman" wrote: [Quoted Text] > are you saying that networks do not show up in the list of available > wireless networks at all or are you saying they show up but you > cannot connect to them. or do you mean free versus paid? > > On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:14:04 -0700, Toone > <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi points. > >When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I cannot find > >any free public Wifi points at all. > >Could someone please help me? > -- > > Barb Bowman > MS Windows-MVP > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx > http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ >

Re: Can't find free public Wifi points Barb Bowman <barb[ at ]nospam.com> 13.07.2007 23:09:05 are you sure they are broadcasting the SSID? if yes, do you know how far you are from them? On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:12:05 -0700, Toone <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Yes that's what I mean. The free public wifi points don't show in the list of >available networks. When I at home I can see all available networks for >example of my neighbours. > > >"Barb Bowman" wrote: > >> are you saying that networks do not show up in the list of available >> wireless networks at all or are you saying they show up but you >> cannot connect to them. or do you mean free versus paid? >> >> On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 07:14:04 -0700, Toone >> <Toone[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >I've a Sony Vaio laptop and at home I've no trouble finding any Wifi points. >> >When I am at the airport or somewhere else in a foreign country I cannot find >> >any free public Wifi points at all. >> >Could someone please help me? >> -- >> >> Barb Bowman >> MS Windows-MVP >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx >> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/ >> -- Barb Bowman MS Windows-MVP http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/