Hotspot SW blocking access to competitors?

Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I suspect that a wireless HS I've been
using lately has loaded an app. of some kind on my notebook that is
interfering with access to other HS. Before I started using this HS, I had no
issues accessing any HS I chose, but since I've used the one I"m at now, I
can see the network, get a strong signal, but can not actually dend or
receive data. It looks like a firewall issue, but it's not. I've disabled all
the security on my notebook to be sure and no luck. Now I can only get access
at this one chain of well known cafe's. It does not interfere with access at
home either. Only other HS's.
Does anyone have any idea where I should look on my system for any changes
that may have been made that I can undo? Sadly I'm not technical enough to
know whare to look in the registry, etc. And even if I did, I probably
wouldn't recognize a change if I saw one.
Sorry for the extremely broad question. I'll re post this in "security" if
you think that's more appropriate.
Thanks.

Hi

I doubt that there is a utility that let you connect to your Wireless at
home and to one specific HotSpot and block others HotSopts.

Check your preference settings in the Windows Zero configuration and make
sure that it set to connect to any available Wireless Network.

If your security is enabled you can connect only to the Wireless network
that has the same security parameters, i.e. you own home network.

If the security is disabled you can connect to a Public HotSpots that is not
secured.

Any other connection would need to obtain the security parameters from the
owner. I.e. the other HotSpot that you are trying to connected to might be
secured.

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"IvanK-" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:26A93CD1-8411-4271-B168-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I suspect that a wireless HS I've been
> using lately has loaded an app. of some kind on my notebook that is
> interfering with access to other HS. Before I started using this HS, I had
> no
> issues accessing any HS I chose, but since I've used the one I"m at now, I
> can see the network, get a strong signal, but can not actually dend or
> receive data. It looks like a firewall issue, but it's not. I've disabled
> all
> the security on my notebook to be sure and no luck. Now I can only get
> access
> at this one chain of well known cafe's. It does not interfere with access
> at
> home either. Only other HS's.
> Does anyone have any idea where I should look on my system for any changes
> that may have been made that I can undo? Sadly I'm not technical enough to
> know whare to look in the registry, etc. And even if I did, I probably
> wouldn't recognize a change if I saw one.
> Sorry for the extremely broad question. I'll re post this in "security" if
> you think that's more appropriate.
> Thanks.

Thanks for the response Jack.

That's what is so odd about this situation. I can connect at home and at
this one chain of HS's, but not at others anymore. Any open connection should
work...?

I can see the networks and even show a "Status: Connected", but I can't
actually get access to the net at these other HS's anymore even though I'm
"connected" to their network. It really does look like a firewall issue. The
access point and my wireless card must be handshaking OK, but then I can't
get past that point.

The connection doesn't seem to be the problem, it's the sending and
receiving of data that's blocked. That's why I say it looks like a firewall
issue, but can't be because I've disabled the FW to test that.

If I can conect, why can't I actually access the net? Something is allowing
connection, but blocking communication.

Thanks for any ideas....


"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
>
> I doubt that there is a utility that let you connect to your Wireless at
> home and to one specific HotSpot and block others HotSopts.
>
> Check your preference settings in the Windows Zero configuration and make
> sure that it set to connect to any available Wireless Network.
>
> If your security is enabled you can connect only to the Wireless network
> that has the same security parameters, i.e. you own home network.
>
> If the security is disabled you can connect to a Public HotSpots that is not
> secured.
>
> Any other connection would need to obtain the security parameters from the
> owner. I.e. the other HotSpot that you are trying to connected to might be
> secured.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "IvanK-" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:26A93CD1-8411-4271-B168-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I suspect that a wireless HS I've been
> > using lately has loaded an app. of some kind on my notebook that is
> > interfering with access to other HS. Before I started using this HS, I had
> > no
> > issues accessing any HS I chose, but since I've used the one I"m at now, I
> > can see the network, get a strong signal, but can not actually dend or
> > receive data. It looks like a firewall issue, but it's not. I've disabled
> > all
> > the security on my notebook to be sure and no luck. Now I can only get
> > access
> > at this one chain of well known cafe's. It does not interfere with access
> > at
> > home either. Only other HS's.
> > Does anyone have any idea where I should look on my system for any changes
> > that may have been made that I can undo? Sadly I'm not technical enough to
> > know whare to look in the registry, etc. And even if I did, I probably
> > wouldn't recognize a change if I saw one.
> > Sorry for the extremely broad question. I'll re post this in "security" if
> > you think that's more appropriate.
> > Thanks.
>
>
>

Thanks Diamontina,

It never occurred to me to try to repair the connection since I didn't think
that was the issue. I'll give that a try.

Thanks.

"Diamontina Cocktail" wrote:

>
> "IvanK-" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6E205B59-F322-4885-8C7B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for the response Jack.
> >
> > That's what is so odd about this situation. I can connect at home and at
> > this one chain of HS's, but not at others anymore. Any open connection
> > should
> > work...?
> >
> > I can see the networks and even show a "Status: Connected", but I can't
> > actually get access to the net at these other HS's anymore even though I'm
> > "connected" to their network. It really does look like a firewall issue.
> > The
> > access point and my wireless card must be handshaking OK, but then I can't
> > get past that point.
>
> Sounds to me like you just need to right click your wireless icon when at
> the HS that you cannot connect to and "repair". If the HS you are now at is
> one that lets you on and not one that blocks you out, you should be OK. You
> might also check the settings for your tcp/ip in case an IP number and DNS
> IPs somehow were put in there.
>
> >
> > The connection doesn't seem to be the problem, it's the sending and
> > receiving of data that's blocked. That's why I say it looks like a
> > firewall
> > issue, but can't be because I've disabled the FW to test that.
> >
> >
>
> You can CONNECT to a signal and not really be on the network, too.
>
>
>