The National Enquirer reports at 7:03 PM -0700 6/25/04, Zoltan Batiz wrote:
>Hello All, > > >Just found out my city has free Wi-Fi hotspots throughout. . .including >but not limited to business (coffee shops) and parks. How does this >work? Can I just waltz on over to a park, sit down, boot up my Airport >enabled Pismo and surf? Is it that easy? Or are there configs? >Anyone who might know. . .let me know. Thanks! (Obviously, I haven't >the time to go down to try, but if someone says it should just work >then I'm gonna make the time.) As a side note, you might want to be concerned about security using an open network in places like malls, coffee shops, outside benches etc. There is at least the potential for anyone nearby picking up data from your connection. If, however, all you want to do is "surf the web" then you might not have anything worth hijacking. Email is another story though, assuming you don't use a SSL email account. You will be exposing not only your email messages, but also your password and account. Speaking of using a hotspot for email, it's been my experience that most of these locations will allow you to retrieve your email, but not send any. It's the same situation as an ISP that won't allow relaying to protect against SPAMers. Just as couple of things to keep in mind when exploring hotspots. Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
