Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-08 Thread Takashi OTA
Hi, I'm in the Baltic Philharmonic. While I'm able to use wifi now, but it seems some wifi adapters or tools are not good to communicate with... It actually link on the wifi layer, but the DHCP server fails to deliver valid IP addresses, resulting to show the local link IP address (like

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-08 Thread Manuel Schneider
This is strange, because in the office we all use this wifi network and I haven't seen anyone having issues with it. Make sure that you connect to the network with ESSID 3com1. /Manuel Am 08.07.2010 11:00, schrieb Takashi OTA: Hi, I'm in the Baltic Philharmonic. While I'm able to use wifi

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-08 Thread Takashi OTA
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Manuel Schneider manuel.schnei...@wikimedia.ch wrote: This is strange, because in the office we all use this wifi network and I haven't seen anyone having issues with it. Make sure that you connect to the network with ESSID 3com1. Thanks for that info, Manuel.

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-05 Thread Takashi OTA
Hi Phoebe, and all, On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:43 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: We're planning to have wifi in the venue, yes. A pack of Wikipedians without internet... is like football fans without vuvuzelas. Or something. Is Wi-Fi available in the accommodations, especially in

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-05 Thread Isha
No, is not. On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Takashi OTA supertakot+wikima...@gmail.comsupertakot%2bwikima...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Phoebe, and all, On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:43 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.ay...@gmail.com wrote: We're planning to have wifi in the venue, yes. A pack of Wikipedians

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-05 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Whart does it take to have WIFI ? I can bring a router, I know people with really cool kit... not having WIFI would be really nasty Thanks, GerardM On 5 July 2010 22:08, Isha i...@wikimedia.org.ar wrote: No, is not. On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Takashi OTA

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-05 Thread R.Stuart Geiger
I'm not sure about the other accommodations, but there is free wired internet access in every room here at the Dom Sonata (Akademia Muzyczna student dormitory no. 2). I didn't think it was a Wikimania dorm (booked it myself), but I met a fellow Wikimaniac this afternoon who said he was assigned

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-05 Thread Brian McNeil
On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 22:19 +0200, Gerard Meijssen wrote: Hoi, Whart does it take to have WIFI ? I can bring a router, I know people with really cool kit... not having WIFI would be really nasty Per a quiet caution by Brion in 2008. If you're using *any* WiFi point in, or around, conference or

Re: [Wikimania-l] wifi connections

2010-07-05 Thread Steven Walling
Per that helpful suggestion, the https everywhere extensionhttps://www.eff.org/https-everywherefor Firefox (courtesy the EFF) will automatically redirect you to the secure server. Steven Walling On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Brian McNeil brian.mcn...@wikinewsie.orgwrote: On Mon, 2010-07-05