[Rhodes22-list] Another Computer Question

[Bill Effros]

Slim,

You can use any open hot spot.  Some you have to pay for, others you 
don't.  Your computer will tell you when you've got one.  There are 
little hand held detectors that also work.  My wife has discovered she 
gets a better signal from our neighbor's wifi than she gets from ours, 
and frequently she goes out over their system.  They don't know.  I have 
the ability to screw around with their computer, should I ever choose to 
do so--this is one of the dangers of WiFi.  You must protect your own 
system.

Next new word:  "Firewall" -- Definition to come from others.

Bill Effros

Slim wrote:

>Thanks to all for your help.  For WiFi, I take it I need to be in a "hot
>spot" like a Starbucks or something.  Do they (Starbucks) charge for that?
>Are most airports and hotels (including Canada) in hot spots?  How about my
>home in Minneapolis?  How does one go about finding these hot spots?
>
>Slim
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>On 9/11/05 12:41 PM, "Jim Bunnell" <jbunnell at mac.com> wrote:
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>>Slim
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>>No one has asked your travel plans. If you stay mainly in the States
>>at motels and hotels, I think you'll find broadband internet access
>>common, and more often than not, wireless. It doesn't matter at all
>>if you are Apple or Windows; wireless standards are the same for
>>both. I travel with a Powerbook, and normally I just open it and it
>>asks if I want to connect to the hotel network. If it is wired, then
>>it is more work, I have to plug in the ethernet wire first. :) I
>>would stay with the platform you are familiar with - and besides, it
>>seems that most of the "Windows first" programs I hear about are
>>viruses or other malware.
>>On Sep 10, 2005, at 9:52 PM, Slim wrote:
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>>>I have a question too.  (Slim raising his hand.)
>>>
>>>I expect to be traveling more in the near future and I figger I
>>>oughtta get
>>>me one of them there whachacall laptops.  First of all, I'm
>>>strictly a Mac
>>>guy.  But I don't know anything about Wi Fi or whatever it's
>>>called.  Or Air
>>>Port.  Or is it easier to just plug in somewhere.
>>>
>>>Can somebody explain this to me using small words?  What are my
>>>options/limitations, costs, etc.?
>>>
>>>Slim
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