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| From the [To Go] Wireless Internet Thread,
When your on the road, plane, train, whatever, when you come to a town, how can you find wireless access for free or fee? Well, if you want to check before you leave, check out »www.boingo.com[?] . They have a free locator to search some hotspots. If you have your notebook accessible, and want to see if there's access there try a program such as Network Stumbler »www.netstumbler.com[?] . (not compatible with all brands of cards/chipsets) It will tell you the SSID of the network, encryption or not, channel #, vendor, everything you would want to know. You can then put the SSID into your wireless card software and see if they have free access. What is a fun thing to do, which I do frequently on the road is, when you stop for gas, or to rest run Netstmbler to see if you can find any access points to connect to. You will be surprised what you can find .
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