Tim Vasquez
EF5
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- Dec 4, 2003
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We just busted out of the 1950's and got WiFi cards! Interestingly I was building an EMWIN system here in our house last week for a client... the computer was already WiFi-enabled and as soon as I finished Windows setup I had a connection to a neighbor's cablemodem and was surfing the net! (apparently it was unsecured)
Anyway I found some good resources. Overall it appeared this was a key place to start:
http://www.wifimaps.com
The results geo-crosslink to these sites:
http://www.wigle.net - ALL WiFi devices (from wardriving). I had no idea so many of my neighbors were Web-savvy.
http://www.a2b.com - Public blogs defined by geo coordinates
http://www.jiwire.com - Huge directory of public access hotspots
http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com - Similar to jiwire but appeared to not turn up as many hotspots
What are your favorite resources? I was thinking it would be handy to have a map of hotspots in the remote areas of the Great Plains, so one would know what connections to expect in the next town.
Do any of you get WiFi in your hotel rooms when it's not explicitly advertised? I'd be curious to see if I get any use out of the card in Denver at the chaser convention. Going dialup off the hotel phones is lame.
Also doing some Googling I notice that hardly any airports have gotten into the WiFi act, so I guess I'll be playing Solitaire or Minesweeper in the departure lounge.
Tim
Anyway I found some good resources. Overall it appeared this was a key place to start:
http://www.wifimaps.com
The results geo-crosslink to these sites:
http://www.wigle.net - ALL WiFi devices (from wardriving). I had no idea so many of my neighbors were Web-savvy.
http://www.a2b.com - Public blogs defined by geo coordinates
http://www.jiwire.com - Huge directory of public access hotspots
http://www.wi-fihotspotlist.com - Similar to jiwire but appeared to not turn up as many hotspots
What are your favorite resources? I was thinking it would be handy to have a map of hotspots in the remote areas of the Great Plains, so one would know what connections to expect in the next town.
Do any of you get WiFi in your hotel rooms when it's not explicitly advertised? I'd be curious to see if I get any use out of the card in Denver at the chaser convention. Going dialup off the hotel phones is lame.
Also doing some Googling I notice that hardly any airports have gotten into the WiFi act, so I guess I'll be playing Solitaire or Minesweeper in the departure lounge.
Tim