I got around to trying out my iBook at a WI-FI hot spot in Lincoln City Oregon and it could see the wireless network but the browser could NOT find anything.
Any ideas?
Not really. A few weeks ago I tried a free Wi-Fi connection at a Burger King. I clicked on a Yahoo URL and it came up with the Wi-Fi provider's registration page. I tried it but after sending the info it always came back with a bad page. So I went on line via cell phone and checked my mail. Well guess what, there was a message from them with a link to click on to authenticate. Okay, I tried it and it was okay but all I could see was their web pages, nothing else, no web, no mail and IIRC, no ping. I don't know if it was their local router / server or their system in general.
I can understand their wanting you to register (they state it's to prevent abuse). But to have to check your mail which you can't access doesn't make sense. It means you can't be a casual user. Which is going to detract from people trying to use the service. Also their web pages had a single mail link which wasn't for support. Of course since I've gotten no response back I guess it didn't matter.
Ideas, well maybe some.
Contact the hot spot provider.
Check your Airport TCP/IP settings to see if you are getting a valid IP address (principally, something besides 169.254.xxx.xxx).
Try pinging the router (as listed in TCP/IP settings).
Try putting the router IP address into your web browser (in case they have an info page there).
Try POP or IMAP e-mail.
Try the providers web page.
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