[NTLK] Public WiFi

[Forrest Buffenmyer]

Yes...hotels come to mind immediately, with a portal you have to go through to get to the "real" Internet. Most mom and pop bookstores and some restaurant chains offer WiFi on a case-by-case basis, and it's pretty straightforward to get on. I do think that it's the other local hotspots--business or private--that could cause a problem with encryption...or perhaps the establishment itself has a wireless network that's secure, confusing the Newton.

The "one hotspot" idea would work pretty good, I would think, if you could FIND just one around the area.

Thanks,
--Forrest


>I've had luck connecting to access points by leaving the SSID field blank.
>If there is only one hotspot available then the Newton should automatically
>connect to it and start working. I don't know how well this would work if
>there are several networks available with differing levels of protection. If
>you are able to connect then you might run into another issue if the hotspot
>re-directs you to accept a EULA. Some of those webpages are HTTPS and as we
>all know the Newton can't handle them.