

| Subject: | Re: Internet while underway |
| From: | Frank Condelli |
| Date: | Mon, 1 Nov 2004 05:45:51 EST |
In a message dated 31/10/2004 2:18:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: Run some software called "Stumbler", as you drive around it lists all access points found and will even speak them to you. It should tell you if the AP is "WEP protected", if it's not protected it's open to the public. I find that about 20% of them are open. If you have GPS it will even list the geographic location of the signal. This solution works well in town, but when on the open road is obviously useless. The trick is to scan for WiFi while driving around anyway, and do your internet opportunistically. After a while you get good at it. Yes, I got all that and know all that but I thought you said you were getting the Flying J connection for free ? Anyways, when travelling I try to say out of the cities and do some real sightseeing and camping, so in my recent 14,000 km trip I came across "ZERO" free WiFi connections ! Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005 '87 Westy, '90 Carat & Lionel Trains Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_ (http://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/) & _CCVWC_ (http://www.ccvwc.ca/) Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) or http://frankcondelli.com
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