Internet Hot Spots

[d-UNiT]

where are there known hot spots in the city?

[pr0]

Mount Royal

[Mad$ella]

Originally posted by pr0
Mount Royal

Beat me to it!

[Thaco]

anywhere there is high density housing.

[soupey]

11th ave + 8th street, theres a lil sports pub that has free net..

most of uc campus has net for students...

any residential area where someone doesnt secure their network...

[edv]

There are 3 on my cul-de-sac alone!

A few proper spots in Calgary:

http://www.wififreespot.com/can.html

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[d-UNiT]

ya there was a couple in my dads apartment.. but it seems like they secured their network .. .. one of the names was b00tycall lol it was cool

[Si_FlyGuy]

Originally posted by soupey
11th ave + 8th street, theres a lil sports pub that has free net..

I can see the pub's connection from the Starbucks nearby, by for some reason, I can never get a connection.:S


Oh..there's Cuppagogo on 17th ave and 14 st. Free at Olympic Plaza, downtown library, and Stephen Ave/1st SE for one hour. The Unicorn pub has free net, as well as Brew Brothers on 11th Ave SW.

[cityhunter2501]

there was a pic of a calgary map with all hot spots dotted in a couple of weeks ago but i forgot where it is and i forgot to save it on HD.

will post if i ever see it again

[GucciBoy]

so if you want to use their hot spot, you just bring in your laptop/pda device and they let you right away? wouldnt mind checking out. What are the advantages of being in hotspots? newbie here

[Gurpy]

Originally posted by GucciBoy
so if you want to use their hot spot, you just bring in your laptop/pda device and they let you right away? wouldnt mind checking out. What are the advantages of being in hotspots? newbie here

free internet.

[MiG_Master]

I dunno about Calgary, but all the Staples up here in Edmonton run unsecured wireless that can be had from quite a distance. In fact, there is a strip mall on 170th, where the stores go: Future Shop---Linens N Things---Staples. I was able to access the Staples network from within the Futureshop, using one of the demo laptops.

As well, some guy in my apartment has an Airport that I get ~80/100 connectivity to, I havn't paid for internet since I moved in

[MiG_Master]

Originally posted by GucciBoy
so if you want to use their hot spot, you just bring in your laptop/pda device and they let you right away? wouldnt mind checking out. What are the advantages of being in hotspots? newbie here

If your laptop/PDA has a wireless connection, you just have to be near the hotspot, check your wireless configuration program (XP Default, D-Link, Linksys, etc), look for the unsecured network, and connect to it. Voila, free web surfing.
As well, there are programs that can break the encryption on a WEP-secured network, with maybe 1-4 hours of packet gathering and a few hours of number-crunching.

[GTS Jeff]

Heh I don't bother with WEP securing my network anymore. I just turned off SSID broadcasting and made my SSID very obscure.

[d-UNiT]

Originally posted by GTS Jeff
Heh I don't bother with WEP securing my network anymore. I just turned off SSID broadcasting and made my SSID very obscure.

werrd

[heinz256]

question here, how do u tell if someone is on ur wireless connection and how do u f*ck with them a little bit? lol

[MiG_Master]

Usually most routers have a "Wireless Settings" page, where the MAC address and Computer Name of all the connected computers are listed. It will be in different locations depending on the brand and model of your wireless router.

[Projek01]

yeah dtsjeff is right, that way your wlan cant be beat that easly

[JeremyD]

Enabling the MAC Filtering to allow only your wireless NIC seems to help in security as well.

[rage2]

Originally posted by Si_FlyGuy
I can see the pub's connection from the Starbucks nearby, by for some reason, I can never get a connection.:S

Slap on an external antenna... usually access points transmit at higher power, so your laptop sees the connection (sometimes even full strength) but can't connect because the access point can't see your low powered device. That's why when you get close enough and connect, the link quality drops really low, cuz your end ain't powerful enough.

With the right gear, big antennas, hacked firmware, I was able to build a wireless bridge from SAIT to my office downtown 1.6km away.