Yes, it was insecure. Your home WiFi network can be just as easy to use if you turn off all security and broadcast your SSID.
-----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Holsberg Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: WiFi Hotspots Bernie Cosell wrote: > On 19 Oct 2005 at 20:17, Pete Holsberg wrote: >> If I were to take a notebook computer to a WiFi hotspot, what changes >> would I have to make to its NIC and network settings to allow me to >> connect to the Internet? > > I just did that and the answer was "nothing". I was at Roanoke airport > and my laptop said it found a new wireless net -- it did take going into Would you assume from that experience that the WiFi was an insecure network? Of course, I'm wondering why I have to fiddle so much to get a wireless notebook to connect to my home network! What do they know that I don't? :-) -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
