[ale] WiFi Hotspot Oddity

[Jeff Hubbs]

Jason Day wrote:

>Is this hotspot a public hotspot?  Since WEP encryption is useless, it's
>a fairly common practice to use a wireless router in conjunction with a
>VPN.  In that case, you could get an IP from the router, but all ports
>are firewalled except the VPN port, so if you don't have VPN client
>software on your laptop it won't work.
>
>HTH,
>Jason
>  
>
Yes; the three places were Ground Round restaurant, Borders, and 
Starbuck's, all on or near Scenic Highway in Snellville.  The bummer 
here, of course, is that after getting DHCP negotiated, I can't even 
ping the router.