sharing boingo

I'm setting up a wireless access point connected to a router
connected to a LAN.
Is it possible to share boingo this way?
Thanks

Paul Maser <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I'm setting up a wireless access point connected to a router
> connected to a LAN.
> Is it possible to share boingo this way?

Presuming that there is a commercial hotspot near you, you would want a
wireless client to connect to it, not a wireless access point.

You could connect one normal client, and then use ICS to share to another
PC via a wired connection. Maybe a bridge, but I don't know if those
connect to Boingo WAPs.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

Paul Maser wrote:
> I'm setting up a wireless access point connected to a router
> connected to a LAN.
> Is it possible to share boingo this way?
> Thanks

What are you talking about? Boingo makes software to list existing sites,
and supplys the name and billing services for hotspots... As far as I know,
they have no "service" themselves.....

Peter Pan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> What are you talking about? Boingo makes software to list existing sites,
> and supplys the name and billing services for hotspots... As far as I know,
> they have no "service" themselves.....

Have a look. It's pretty obvious with a visit to www.boingo.com
"What is Boingo" in the lower left.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Peter Pan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> What are you talking about? Boingo makes software to list existing
>> sites, and supplys the name and billing services for hotspots... As
>> far as I know, they have no "service" themselves.....
>
> Have a look. It's pretty obvious with a visit to www.boingo.com
> "What is Boingo" in the lower left.

Yup.. thats what I thought.. They don't actually run any them selves, they
just have Over 12,000 Boingo locations under contract. But they have more
locations under contract than I heard in a computer rag (they said 4000 on
January 7th), but it looks like they have something called "one click
connect" software now, rather than just a list... Thanks.

Peter Pan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Yup.. thats what I thought.. They don't actually run any them selves, they
> just have Over 12,000 Boingo locations under contract. But they have more

So "connecting to a Boingo hotspot" has no meaning? You pay money to
Boingo, you use Boingo software to look up a listing, you connect to a
hotspot using boingo software.

The original post made perfect sense. What do you think he should have
said?

> but it looks like they have something called "one click
> connect" software now, rather than just a list... Thanks.

The Boingo software has had the signal monitor and click to connect since
they started.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Peter Pan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> Yup.. thats what I thought.. They don't actually run any them
>> selves, they just have Over 12,000 Boingo locations under contract.
>> But they have more
>
> So "connecting to a Boingo hotspot" has no meaning? You pay money to
> Boingo, you use Boingo software to look up a listing, you connect to a
> hotspot using boingo software.
>
> The original post made perfect sense. What do you think he should
> have said?
>

The original post made no sense to me.. How do you "share" something that
doesn't exist? IE how do you share a boingo AP when there isn't one?

I took it that he had a computer with a WiFi card, and wanted to share
access with another computer to whatever hotspot it was connected to. IE
sharing between computers, have no clue why he asked about sharing boingo..

Peter Pan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The original post made no sense to me.. How do you "share" something that
> doesn't exist? IE how do you share a boingo AP when there isn't one?

He gets a Boingo Splash screen? He has a Boingo login that lets him
connect to that WAP?

> I took it that he had a computer with a WiFi card, and wanted to share
> access with another computer to whatever hotspot it was connected to. IE
> sharing between computers, have no clue why he asked about sharing boingo..

Almost correct, unless there was some limitation in the Boingo WAP software
that would prevent him from doing it. Then general WAP sharing advice
wouldn't have been much help.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Peter Pan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>

>> I took it that he had a computer with a WiFi card, and wanted to
>> share access with another computer to whatever hotspot it was
>> connected to. IE sharing between computers, have no clue why he
>> asked about sharing boingo..
>
> Almost correct, unless there was some limitation in the Boingo
> software that would prevent him from doing it. Then general WAP
> sharing advice wouldn't have been much help.

Interesting thought... The new Verizon MO software doesn't allow sharing of
the 5220 card (The one that does Broadband)... Anyone know if there are
blocks in the boingo software?

Peter Pan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Interesting thought... The new Verizon MO software doesn't allow sharing of
> the 5220 card (The one that does Broadband)... Anyone know if there are
> blocks in the boingo software?

Which Boingo software would you be talking about? The PC client isn't
needed to connect to Boingo. Or the Boingo WAP that you said didn't exist?

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5