mikercool Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Help with Hotel's Internet Wi-Fi! Last 2 hotels I have gone to the WI-FI will cut on and off! Help me! I am trying to get a FireCape so please help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 You'll need to give us some details if you want help. Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 What you need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 What are you trying to connect with? Does the hotel charge for access? What sort of security does it use? What wifi standard is it using? Where are you in relation to the access point? Are you moving around? You can't expect us to be able to solve any problem without at least SOME information. It's like me posting saying "my internet connection isn't working - help me". Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 It is a Dell Precision M70 Laptop, not moving around (Siting at a table). Wi-Fi card is an "Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Net". Full Signal Strength, it never drops. Unsecured network. It is a free connection. Seems to be something in the PC not the Wi-fi spot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinslayer777 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Does it work for anyone else? Did you consider asking the lady/gentlemen at the front desk? Maybe somethings up with their service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 Does it work for anyone else? Did you consider asking the lady/gentlemen at the front desk? Maybe somethings up with their service Last 3 Wi-fi spots I have been to this PC has been "Hic-up"ing the Wi-fi just stops working for like 20 seconds. But the signal never drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 I really need help! I need to get FireCape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 "I'm so far out, I'm too far in" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 unsecured, as in everyone can see the information you send and recive over the internet including passwords, emails, msn convos ect ~Dan64AuSince 27 Aug 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 DaN, That just means you don't need a SN and Pass to log onto that Wi-Fi Spot. No way to have no SN and Pass and still be 100% secured. Trust me, I am not a idiot, I have a Dell Precision M70... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 DaN, That just means you don't need a SN and Pass to log onto that Wi-Fi Spot. No way to have no SN and Pass and still be 100% secured. Trust me, I am not a idiot, I have a Dell Precision M70... You make it sound like owning a "Dell Precision M70" certifies you as a security expert. Even if it did have an "SN and pass", most (if not all) WiFi security protocols have already been cracked. First problem. It's a public hot spot. Anyone can use it, abuse it, and overload it with whatever crap they feel like, be they paying hotel guest or your local computer geek. There's nothing you can do about it. Second problem. It's a public hot spot. We can't help diagnose the problem because you and the rest of us don't have access to the wireless gear the hotel uses. Your laptop may be running perfectly and just getting stuck with crappy wireless hardware on the hotel side. Again, nothing you can do about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 Once you get on you need to enter a SN and a Pass on some website. So not any one can use it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 Guess I just use Dial-Up (28.8kbps Dial-Up) to get FireCape. The frontdesk knows nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 DaN, That just means you don't need a SN and Pass to log onto that Wi-Fi Spot. No way to have no SN and Pass and still be 100% secured. Trust me, I am not a idiot, I have a Dell Precision M70... No I could goto your hotel and see everything! If you dont need a security code to connect to the network then all data transmitted over the airwaves in sent in the clear (unencrypted). ~Dan64AuSince 27 Aug 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 If you dont need a security code to connect to the network then all data transmitted over the airwaves in sent in the clear (unencrypted). What if you're connecting to a site with SSL? Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaN Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 If you dont need a security code to connect to the network then all data transmitted over the airwaves in sent in the clear (unencrypted). What if you're connecting to a site with SSL? 90% of the time you wouldent be using SSL But if you are using SSL then it will be encrypted while the SSL is in use but only information to and from the page with SSL enabled will be safe everything else is left open. I found a SecurityNow podcast that explains open WiFi better http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm#10 ~Dan64AuSince 27 Aug 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I know about wifi, security and networking, I was just pointing out that what you said about 'all data being sent in the clear' isn't true. Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 For the internet to work I must go to some website and type in my pass, then it unlocks it. But is not a pass you enter before you connect. This post is about whats happening! Not is my password safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 That's a gateway password. That means you get access to the internal network without entering the password, but not the internet without entering it. Do you have the password for it? Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 If it's anything like most hotel's I've been to that offer free wifi, it's nothing more than the room number or something else very simply guessed by anyone sitting in the parking lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 2, 2006 Author Share Posted December 2, 2006 Yes I have password. Could that stop my internet ever 15 minutes to check to see if I entered it or something? "How can I be free? How can I get help? Am I really me? Am I someone else?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Can't you just ask the hotel staff? Though the forces which hold us in place Last through aeons of unruffled grace We too wear the face of creation Yeah, I'm getting all the references. Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikercool Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 Um, the frontdesk knows nothing... Trust me, I tried them... "Tale another step, another move, another pace, What isn't written in the manuscript is a note to play with grace" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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