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Re: Connecting to Public Wireless Networks
The public wireless hotspots that I am trying to connect to are "open," (for
example, the hotspot at my college and at my work), others are able to
connect to them but I am not. I'm not sure what you mean by my Wireless being
open, can you clarify that for me?
"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
> HI
> When trying to connect to open public hotspot you Wireless has to be open.
> I.e No pass phrase or special "connect to" setting.
> On the other hand, your Wireless might be Open but some Hotspots are Not,
> and you might need special credentials to log to them.
> I.e. in order to connect whatever conditions are available there must be a
> perfect match.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Melissa" <Melissa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BD34D1C3-AB30-4CF8-A6D5-CB19AE7354F8@microsoft.com...
> > I'm running Vista and I'm able to connect to my home wireless network
> > without
> > any problems, but I cannot connect to public wifi. My computer finds the
> > networks and shows full signal strength, but when attempting to connect to
> > them it is unsuccessful. The error message says "unable to connect,
> > received
> > no response from wireless network". Any ideas on what the problem may be?
>
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