Unable to connect to free wifi abroad

I have a PDA running Pocket PC 2003 and a wifi card. I have been able to
connect to several free wifi networks (eg in hotels) here in the UK
without any problem. However, I have never been able to do the same
abroad. My PDA can see the network I am trying to connect to, and acts
like it is connecting, sometimes even saying 'connected', but I am never
able to view any web pages. Sometimes I have had an error message about
my IP address.

Anyone got any ideas? I know that some hotel networks may require you
to use a WEP key to connect to their network to prevent unauthorised
use, but I have had the same problem trying to connect to the free wifi
at the Sony Center in Berlin, where access is free for all.

Amy advice gratefully received!


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"ClareNet" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a PDA running Pocket PC 2003 and a wifi card. I have been able to
> connect to several free wifi networks (eg in hotels) here in the UK
> without any problem. However, I have never been able to do the same
> abroad. My PDA can see the network I am trying to connect to, and acts
> like it is connecting, sometimes even saying 'connected', but I am never
> able to view any web pages. Sometimes I have had an error message about
> my IP address.
>
> Anyone got any ideas? I know that some hotel networks may require you
> to use a WEP key to connect to their network to prevent unauthorised
> use, but I have had the same problem trying to connect to the free wifi
> at the Sony Center in Berlin, where access is free for all.
>
> Amy advice gratefully received!

The hotel I am at using a wireless laptop requires you to have a onetime fee
payment of $4.95, and you get a password that expires each month. The
network is an unsecured network, put you have to give a password by going to
a login screen over the Internet. The connection time expires every 24 hours
where you have to give the password again to be able to access the Internet.