Stuart, I am no expert on this, but before I was to send a 15"titanium powerbook up to my daughter in chicago, I put in a airport card(it uses the original one) and went up to highland coffee, knowing they had wi-fi there. When I powered up, the airport applet at top left showed the signal, I clicked on it and it showed the name of the account to which I clicked on and that was it, I was surfin and drinkin. If a cafe had their's password protected, then I'm sure they would give that to you. As long as your network settings in system prefs are set for airport, you should be good to go. I guess their range is the same as most wireless routers, 150' or so. Hope this helps. Mike On Jan 28, 2005, at 8:39 AM, Stuart Ungar wrote:
> OK, this may be a really simple question, but here it > goes... I have an older Laptop (original iBook) and I > have an airport card in it. Before I moved I had a > wireless network set up. Right now it is connected > directly through a DSL line. I know that almost all > the cafe's are set up with WIFI now. So, what do I > need to do (as far as switching settings) to use the > WIFI networks at these places. And, to switch it back > to DSL when I get home. And, how far is the reach in > these places? Can you access it from their parking > lot (I would assume so). Would the settings be the > same (as the coffee shop wireless settings) if I again > got my wireless setup going at home? > > Thanks, > Stuart > > ===== > Louisville At-home Dads (L.A.D.s) > Bringing together stay-at-home fathers, their children and their > families. > 502-426-5376 > LouisvilleLADS-owner at yahoogroups.com > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 25. 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> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 25. 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>
