Re: Wifi access with Windows 95
- From: ian.freedomnet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ("Ian.")
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:06:10 +0000 (UTC)
stuart_miller@xxxxxxx "Stuart Miller" wrote:
SM> > SM> what ip address/gateway is assigned by the library?
SM> > SM> what happens when you ping the gateway assigned above?
SM> >
SM> > Good point. I should try to find this out from the library staff
SM> > if I can find someone who understands what a gateway is.
SM>
SM> You don't need them. Just look up your connection details. XP and 98 do it
SM> differently, as I recall you right click on 'network neighborhood' and look
SM> around, or do /start/run/winipcfg
SM> try it from home first
I found my way through. I used the command line "ipconfig" to find
the gateway and the DNS ip numbers. I could ping them but got no
replies to pings from yahoo or any thing out on the internet. I dont know why
but I suspect a firewall was involved somewhere. When I pinged by
name, the DNS found the number, so that was ok.
SM> > The Laptop couldnt handle 98SE.
SM> that's what they told me - but it was just a matter of finding the drivers
SM> for the video and the touchpad.
SM> My copy of 98se was oem, so it would not upgrade, but it did a clean install
SM> just fine
My laptop is short on memory and HD space.
SM> Last week I was travelling, and tried a few wireless hotspots. The hotel
SM> across the street advertised wireless, and their signal was recognized. I
SM> could connect to it just fine. When I opened IE or firefox it brought up a
SM> hotel page which asked me for the access code, which of course I did not
SM> have. It was working as a 'redirect' , it took me to the wireless service
SM> providers page for the login, and I could look around at the providers
SM> advertising, but could not get 'out' without the code.
SM>
SM> I don't know how the public, open hotspots do that - I have never tried one
This was one of my problems, it turned out. I was expecting a login page
and there wasnt one. The hotspot is really public. However, I discovered
one cant access the web directly, one has to go through their proxy
server. That has to be entered from within Opera. Working now and looks
like pop3 works as well. Whether Ill be successful with a hotspot like
the one tried at the hotel, Ive yet to find out. Thanks for your help
and it does look as though theres some mileage with Wifi and Win95 :)
--
Ian
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