Edited by author 11-15-2004 08:26 AM
Hi,

I generally have no problem connecting to various hotspots on my notebook, but I am hitting a wall at one listed spot: the Bloor Street Diner at Bay and Bloor. I see people connected, but I can't get on. I am using Windows XP -- nothing special. When I try to connect, it searches and searches without picking up an Ip address. Finally it says, limited or no connectivity and I can't get on.

Any help is appreciated.

Edited by author 12-07-2004 08:41 PM
Does anyone know if there are any CF WIFI cards available for the likes of PPC's that have an external antenna jack so one can plug a cantenna into the PPC?
And if so where are they available, If got a IPAQ and was curious about this.
Also some neat free software is WiFiFoFum available for PDA's, its also got Streethawk which after detection connects to the AP's and attempts to get to google.com, it then informs you which AP's are open.
WiFiFoFum also can work with GPS.

Also if not what kind of CF to PCMCIA adaptors are available for a HP IPAQ 2200?

Cheers

Sheldon

Your comment section on the website is not working so I'm posting this here in response to the browser market share piece posted a few days earlier.


Firefox has a google searchbar and has many extensions, IE has a beta MSN toolbar. IE can use a google toolbar also. Fine. More importantly you do realize that IE is a horrible browser full of security flawws, lacks tabbed browsing ad blocking and so forth? What makes you think this is a fad besides the weak and logically inconsistent argument that the MSN toolbar will bring users back?

I'm on a Mac so I get a half a dozen good browsers to choose from such as Safari, Camino, Firefox, and my personal favorite Omniweb. On Windows it's IE (sucks), Firefox (pretty good), Opera (bloated, ugly), and Netscape/Mozilla (bloated). Firefox is at 5%+ and climbing fairly fast. IE hasn't been updated in years and probably won't be updated until Longhorn (if it ever makes it out the door) or possibly never. Microsoft can stop developing a product that they give away for free and it can let other people work for free to build a browser.

The only question is why it took this long for people to realize IE sucks. Now when they realize that Windows sucks too I'll be happy. Although I do realize that Windows can be secured and made a decent operating system if you have knowledge, tools, and time, both OS X and some of the various forms of Linux are far better at most tasks. Except for games of course, but that's why consoles exist IMHO.

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Hi,

I'm using a Bell account in a free wireless area and can't send emails - any idea how I can get around it? Are there any free smtp servers etc?

Thanks

Yup. Use smtp1.sympatico.ca for the SMTP server. You may need authenticate with your Bell username and password too...

what happened to wireless bandit? my old bookmark no longer works (http://wirelessbandit.nerdsunderglass.com/). did it move?

Edited by author 09-21-2005 03:44 PM
Folks,

In case you are wondering the ISP that hosted wirelessbandit.com had a catastrophic failure and the website went down about a month or so ago... In order to run the site it will take some cash and time so I am looking for both.

Is there anyone experienced with Movable Type 3.1 that wants to rebuild the site and run it on a reliable host? I am happy to work with you and share Google Ad funds which amounted to roughly $50 US per month... Maintaining the site involves about 5-10 hours per month.

In order to host the site I am taking donations of $20 minimum at wb1@wirelessbandit.com

Sorry folks, other projects take precedence and I need some help ...

-WB1

Well,

After a year hiatus I decided to reinvent wirelessbandit.com

It is up and running and we will start posting new content soon including a Google Map version of our maps db... A few more things to fix... But I just wanted you all to know first!

Go EVDO or go home!!


Spiro Ioannidis
Onsite Technical Support
IntellAgent
Phone/Fax 416 410 7800
spiro@intellagent.ca

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