[ale] WiFi Hotspot Oddity

[James P. Kinney III]

That doesn't sound like a WiFi hotspot. It sounds like a closed access
wireless network. You get an IP address but get immediately banned from
the network because your MAC is unknown.

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 09:48 -0500, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Jason Day wrote:
> 
> >Is this hotspot a public hotspot?  Since WEP encryption is useless, it's
> >a fairly common practice to use a wireless router in conjunction with a
> >VPN.  In that case, you could get an IP from the router, but all ports
> >are firewalled except the VPN port, so if you don't have VPN client
> >software on your laptop it won't work.
> >
> >HTH,
> >Jason
> >  
> >
> Yes; the three places were Ground Round restaurant, Borders, and 
> Starbuck's, all on or near Scenic Highway in Snellville.  The bummer 
> here, of course, is that after getting DHCP negotiated, I can't even 
> ping the router. 
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