Wireless Internet Access

[rlastar]

I will be staying at a hotel in Cancun next week. They have an Internet cafe
on site and charge exhorbitant per minute fees as they want you to rent their
desk top computers. A friend told me to just bring my laptop with me and sit
near the Internet cafe and I might be able to acces the Internet without
paying their fees. Do I need to set anythng up on my laptop or does it
connect automatically?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

If the Internet Cafe uses a secure wireless w/encryption which requires a password,
you can sit there all day and never get a wireless connection. I would not
have much faith in doing what your friend suggests.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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I will be staying at a hotel in Cancun next week. They have an Internet cafe
on site and charge exhorbitant per minute fees as they want you to rent their
desk top computers. A friend told me to just bring my laptop with me and sit
near the Internet cafe and I might be able to acces the Internet without
paying their fees. Do I need to set anythng up on my laptop or does it
connect automatically?

 

[rlastar]

Let's assume they don't use a secure wireless w/encryption. Would I need to
set anything up on my laptop?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Open Vista's Help and Support and type: Wireless Networking
and press your Enter key. Then click on the topic titled:
"Wireless Network - Frequently Asked Questions"