[iBook] connecting to hotel wireless network

[Samantha Cornell]

Where do you change the Safari prefs?


On Aug 28, 2005, at 11:09 AM, Tom Legare wrote:

> Sometimes after you set the network and Safari preferences to  
> automatic you
> have to do a complete reboot.  I don't know why, but I would try it.
>
> Tom
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Samantha Cornell
> Date: 08/28/05 10:06:28
> To: A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers
> Subject: [iBook] connecting to hotel wireless network
>
> Seems I'm full of computer problems this weekend.
>
> My father has called, from the road, and is having problems
> connecting to wireless networks at hotels. He is running 10.2 on a
> G4 iBook with an airport card. They regularly use the airport card
> at home, so I doubt that is the problem.
>
> He is able to select the network in the airport menu, and it shows a
> strong signal, but Safari is unable to resolve any URLs. I did have
> him change his location to "automatic" in his network preferences (it
> had been set to Comcast), but it did not help.
>
> I'm stuck here, and he's frustrated. I know that Comcast configured
> the iBook for their network, and I'm wondering if they would have set
> it up in a way that somehow makes this difficult.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any pointers. They've had alot of
> problems with this Ibook lately, and are threatening to go back to
> Dell (ugh...) They have had to send it in twice in the past month
> for logic board replacements, and the second time Apple forgot to put
> the batter back in, and then took two weeks to ship the battery. I
> would love to help them get online on the road with this, I want them
> to have a good experience.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Samantha
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