I have not had those problems you describe, but I always feel helpless "over There" in a hotel room when all of a sudden my computer shows ths so-called hotspot and I am connected to a strange network. And do they ever have strange names! All works well when the signal is strong enough. I assume they all are cable connections? Once in an internet caf? they had DSL and some kind soul "did something" to my computer in order for it to work with the internet. After coming home I had "to do something" in my settings to get back to normal, but I simply clicked and hoped for the best -clicking is living- and finally all was well. I would prefer to know what I am actually doing. In a couple of weeks I will be going again, now they have this Telecom DSL in all these train stations and airport lounges. - Will I have to do any special gyrations with DSL which I did not have to do having my laptop set for cable? Can somebody shine some light into my darkness? On Aug 30, 2004, at 0:10, Alex Whitman wrote:
> Dan, > > What a coincidence! I spent last week visiting Nelson Helm. We had > exactly this problem. Two Netgear routers, one G3 iBook, one G4 iBook, > one iMac, and a Sony Vaio. The G4 iBook found both routers and thought > it was online, but it wasn't. The Sony Vaio's owner had used the > network all summer, went away for a week and used a different network > (his own), and when he came back he had the same problem. Both were > able to connect wirelessly to the public library's Lynksys with no > problem. > > It took us 4 days to figure it out, but what solved the problem was > shutting everything down and rebuilding. We powered up the cable modem > first, then one router, then the second router. At this point, the > Viao and the G3 iBook both got online. The G4 iBook needed an ethernet > cable to one of the routers to get the signal correctly. > > The iMac suddenly had the problem, when it hadn't before. I think we > forgot to turn the iMac back on in its proper place in the line-up. > Nelson will have to let us know whether restarting fixes it. When I > got home I had to do the same routine on my cable modem, router, and > two Macs. Go figure. > > Alex Whitman > (I tell people Nelson is my uncle.) > > > On Aug 29, 2004, at 5:07 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote: > >> A friend with a Powerbook G4 with built-in Airport was recently in a >> location that has a Linksys wireless router (connected to cable >> modem). Another person in the same room with a laptop PC with >> wireless capability was able to get a signal and connect to the >> Internet with no problems. >> >> My friend with the Powerbook was able to get a strong signal from the >> wireless router (three bars in the menu's airport icon), but could >> not connect to any internet sites. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > Marta | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 24. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
