barflyrex Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Gday guys. I have looked through all the the threads for a anwser to my problem and found nothing. So maybe its a really dumb question, so here goes. I just brought a new laptop (my first) to use in thailand, if I go to say Mistys ago go were theres a hotspot, and then turn on the laptop, what happens? is the laptop configured to just connect to the net? Do I have to do anything? thanks for any help. Rex ps I know a lot about beer and bar girls, but computers :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Don't know much about PC laptops but here's what my Mac laptop does. I turn on the WiFi (aka airport) and it says "do you want to join this xxxxx network?" I click OK and it asks me for the password, which I get from the dekserve. And then it works. Cheers Coss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 PC laptops do the same , they search for networks and give you a list of open and closed networks and the signal strength, its actually pretty cool , I have taken mine in my car ,been 100s of miles from home and logged in, sometimes it takes a few minutes to find an open network, but in California I have always been able to find open networks , best is near an apartment building , Probably will not take it to LOS , too much to carry with chargers etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 OCgringo, not sure about the laws in california. In Florida they arrested a guy a few days back for logging into an unsecured Wireless Lan. He used the laptop and drove around until he found an open network. Guy is out on bail now but his laptop is still confiscated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 In Florida they arrested a guy a few days back for logging into an unsecured Wireless Lan. He used the laptop and drove around until he found an open network. I read it too. f'ing ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCgringo Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 yeah I saw that too, Scary, I guess I will have to hide what I am doing, and pull the battery when the cop shows up ! OC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keekwai Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 That's ridiculous. It should be up to the owner of the network to take normal steps to secure it then if someone tries to hack in consider it a criminal act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Barflyrex, Under the "Start" button, bottom left of the screen useually, click on that, Up comes a window with various choices, Look for "Connect To", useually on the left side middle. Click on that, up ill come a new window that will stay open. Or if it doesn;t, either way, look for "Wireless Connections" Hit that. If you dont get on automatically, you may need to open the "Conect To" box, and right click the "Wireless networks" Go to "View Wireless Networks" That will show you which networks are available, then chose, and see if you can get on. Useually where there is a wi-fi spot, (But not always) will be someone to help you Good luck surfing DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barflyrex Posted July 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Thanks for all your help. rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yfs Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 I'm puzzled why anyone would go to a gogo bar with their laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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