WIFI Hot Spot Web Page

http://intel.jiwire.com/

This is a hot spot finder URL, I have found out how it operates.
Now what do I do with the SSID code they list for a specific hot
spot, like the free ones post?

BILL P.

drive or walk to the hotspot,
buy a coke, sit down, connect.

"William. Boyd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> http://intel.jiwire.com/
>
> This is a hot spot finder URL, I have found out how it operates.
> Now what do I do with the SSID code they list for a specific hot
> spot, like the free ones post?
>
> BILL P.

bum tracks wrote:

> drive or walk to the hotspot,
> buy a coke, sit down, connect.
>
> "William. Boyd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>http://intel.jiwire.com/
>>
>>This is a hot spot finder URL, I have found out how it operates.
>>Now what do I do with the SSID code they list for a specific hot
>>spot, like the free ones post?
>>
>>BILL P.
>
>
>
Thats all right I'll just wait for some one more coherent, thanks
any way.

William. Boyd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> bum tracks wrote:

>> drive or walk to the hotspot,
>> buy a coke, sit down, connect.
> Thats all right I'll just wait for some one more coherent, thanks
> any way.

If you have a WindowsXP-SP2 laptop, you can skip the Coke.

If you have a laptop that will connect to a WAP at home, it will connect to
most of the free spots, and you'll just be connected to the internet. The
SSID listing would let you know which of those listed was available in your
WinXP "available networks" listing, so that you wouldn't bother trying to
connect to one that charges money, if there was a free one available that
you could recognize by name. You don't need the SSID.

If you are in one of the pay locations, you open a web browser, and
regardless of what site you try to go to on the internet, you get their
login page instead. There you supply a credit card and then connect to the
internet.

At some airports, there is an AT&T-intel hotspot that asks for your
Cellphone number. The charge is made to your cellphone, and an
authorization key is sent to the cellphone via text messaging.

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

"William. Boyd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> "William. Boyd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> http://intel.jiwire.com/
>>>This is a hot spot finder URL, I have found out how it operates.
>>>Now what do I do with the SSID code they list for a specific hot
>>>spot, like the free ones post?

> bum tracks wrote:
>> drive or walk to the hotspot,
>> buy a coke, sit down, connect.

> Thats all right I'll just wait for some one more coherent, thanks any way.

Cowboy Bill,

He's coherent, except being the dude he is, he forgot to tell you that after
you sit down, to turn your computer on. That's the most important part of
it. And -then- connect. You don't need to do nuthin' with them there SSID
thingy ma bochers, except if'n your screen prompts you, to just choose which
one you want to connect to and follow the instructions. If it is a free open
network, it may just go on ahead and connect your young ass on up
auto-magically!!

Why hell there hand, it's easyerin' falling off a log!! So try not to make
it any more complicated than needs be Ok?

Morty "I just found the hat" McSnerd
Cowboy Country USA! Yee HAW!!

Morty McSnerd wrote:

> "William. Boyd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>
>>>"William. Boyd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>
>>>>http://intel.jiwire.com/
>>>>This is a hot spot finder URL, I have found out how it operates.
>>>>Now what do I do with the SSID code they list for a specific hot
>>>>spot, like the free ones post?
>
>
>>bum tracks wrote:
>>
>>>drive or walk to the hotspot,
>>>buy a coke, sit down, connect.
>
>
>>Thats all right I'll just wait for some one more coherent, thanks any way.
>
>
> Cowboy Bill,
>
> He's coherent, except being the dude he is, he forgot to tell you that after
> you sit down, to turn your computer on. That's the most important part of
> it. And -then- connect. You don't need to do nuthin' with them there SSID
> thingy ma bochers, except if'n your screen prompts you, to just choose which
> one you want to connect to and follow the instructions. If it is a free open
> network, it may just go on ahead and connect your young ass on up
> auto-magically!!
>
> Why hell there hand, it's easyerin' falling off a log!! So try not to make
> it any more complicated than needs be Ok?
>
> Morty "I just found the hat" McSnerd
> Cowboy Country USA! Yee HAW!!
>
>
Unfortunately, my ass is not young (I'll consider that as a
compliment) and I do not have a counterfeit computer (lap top/note
book) I have the real thing, so I cannot just stroll in and set
down. My computer is Installed in a camper trailer, full size desk
top with monitor, key board, mouse and 40 pounds of back-up battery
as well as a flatbed and printer, two loud ass speakers and a full
size web cam.
So you see there are things that you might have to do when you are
in an area where there are more than one hot spot, if nothing else
but to select the one you want to connect to. And it must be
complicated like all the rest of it or it would not be interesting
enough to fool with. Catch that Tonto, ;-)

BILL P.
:-)

William. Boyd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> So you see there are things that you might have to do when you are
> in an area where there are more than one hot spot, if nothing else
> but to select the one you want to connect to. And it must be
> complicated like all the rest of it or it would not be interesting
> enough to fool with.

It really is a lot less complicated than you want it to be.
If you have Windows XP, you just need to open the systray icon for Wireless
Networking. There are some simplified instructions at
http://www.jiwire.com/hotspot-connec...ore-you-go.htm

You should take a test run down to someplace, even if it's Starbucks, which
requires a subscription. You can still connect to the Access Point, you
just don't get to do anything but display their login page, which verifies
that you can connect to an open wireless access point.

Have you ever connected to any wireless access point, even at home?
You could borrow one and bring it to the trailer, if it is a problem to
move the trailer. With just power applied to the access point, and no
wired network connections, you should be able to connect to it.

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

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> William. Boyd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>So you see there are things that you might have to do when you are
>>in an area where there are more than one hot spot, if nothing else
>>but to select the one you want to connect to. And it must be
>>complicated like all the rest of it or it would not be interesting
>>enough to fool with.
>
>
> It really is a lot less complicated than you want it to be.
> If you have Windows XP, you just need to open the systray icon for Wireless
> Networking. There are some simplified instructions at
> http://www.jiwire.com/hotspot-connec...ore-you-go.htm
>
> You should take a test run down to someplace, even if it's Starbucks, which
> requires a subscription. You can still connect to the Access Point, you
> just don't get to do anything but display their login page, which verifies
> that you can connect to an open wireless access point.
>
> Have you ever connected to any wireless access point, even at home?
> You could borrow one and bring it to the trailer, if it is a problem to
> move the trailer. With just power applied to the access point, and no
> wired network connections, you should be able to connect to it.
>

Clarence, it is good to find some one that can impart knowledge,
they are few and far between. Many thanks for the comeback.
I have a wireless router in my house some 200' away from the camper.
the Linksys is connected to a cable modem and open with a firewall.
I have a PC adapter card in my desk top tower.
I operate continually on the wifi that I have established. But it
connects automatically due to it being the only network in range.
After reviewing the web page you provided I think I might have it.
Thanks a lot, I found as an air traffic controller that you must
find out what the pilot that is lost knows and sees first before
telling him what else to look for. You pretty well done that.

BILL P ;-)

William. Boyd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I operate continually on the wifi that I have established. But it
> connects automatically due to it being the only network in range.

If you have Windows XP SP2, and an "open" access point, it doesn't connect
automatically, at least not the first time. It might boing, telling you
that wireless is available, or you might have opened the "view wireless
networks" page. When you tried to connect the first time, it warned you
that it was an unsecure connection. After that first connection, then it
would connect automatically.

That's going to happen again at any of the pay hotspots, or some
neighborhood personal access point (like yours) that isn't secure.

But that's how difficult it is, if you've already connected in the past:
locate, click connect, optionally pay, surf.


> Thanks a lot, I found as an air traffic controller that you must
> find out what the pilot that is lost knows and sees first before
> telling him what else to look for. You pretty well done that.

Sometimes that's the hard part. What do you know, and what did you mean to
ask? Everybody is on this group. Full time hired professionals in the
field, self-employed consultants, tinkering hobbyists, casual users who
have stumbled the path before you did, and idiots.

More lists:
http://marriotthsia.netlinkrg.com
http://www.suitespeed.com
http://www.ezgoal.com/hotspots/
http://www.koa.com/hotspotzz/index.htm shows wireless KOA sites, powered by
http://www.hotspotzz.com/ which is a subscription service that has
locations at KOA and some trendy coffee shops.
http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com/search.html might be helpful, but it isn't
clear which locations cost money and which are free.
http://intel.jiwire.com/ lets you search by zip code, and show only free,
only paid, or both.
http://www.Boingo.com has an online directory that contains some free
entries, but mostly guidance to paid spots where Boingo will work.

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

William. Boyd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Unfortunately, my ass is not young

Nonsense. It's as young as it feels.