Wednesday, November 21, 2007

What you need to know to log on at Coffeeshop Public Wifi Hotspot.

  1. If you have a Wi-Fi enabled laptop/PDA or have installed a Wi-Fi card in it, and you have it configured correctly, then your systems' default Wi-Fi application or network tool should automatically detect any available Wi-Fi network once you have turned on wireless networking and you are within range of a Wi-Fi signal. You simply need to connect and log in.

    *If your computer or PDA does not automatically lock on to a Wi-Fi network then you may need to manually select the SSID or Network Name using your computer's Wi-Fi network connection tool.


    A. For Windows XP
    Right click the Wireless Network Connection icon, located in the systray. Select View Available Wireless Networks.


    *Once the Connect to Wireless Network screen appears select CoffeeShop from the available Networks field you should type the supplied WEP key
    then click Connect.


    *A notification message will appear indicating that you are now connected to the wireless network.



    B. For Mac OS X with Airport Extreme software
    1. Click on the Airport Status icon in the menu bar and verify that Airport is turned on.
    2.
    Select the wireless network you wish to connect to and input the supplied WEP key.
    3. Start surfing the net



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