[MLB-WIRELESS] Free WIFI IN VERMONT

[Peter Berrett]

Hi again

I have been testing out this Free Wifi flaw on my old laptop. It is
really quite fun the way the SSID can spread.

As an experiment I want to put something like '..Free Public
WIFI..Here' (the .. Here is put in to make the SSID unique so that if I
see it again I know where it came from.) in my old laptop, kick it into
adhoc mode and go somewhere crowded where people have lots of laptops
and see how well it spreads.

I'd do it at the airport but these days they are very security concious
so its probbaly not a good idea to hang around there. Can anyone suggest
a location where lots of people are likely to be logging into their
laptops?

This could be fun seeing my SSID spread around the world.

cheers Peter

 

On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 20:18 +1100, Sunnz wrote:
> Google "Free Public WiFi":
> 
> http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=%22free%20public%20wifi%22
> 
> It is probably one of those nice little phenomenal where the SSID
> virally spreads between Windows computers, with "Free Public WiFi"
> being the most popular, because all it needs is a Windows computer to
> join it.
> 
> 2008/11/28  <mw at freenet.net.au>:
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > Log on to it, find out the IP address (like whatismyip.com or something) and
> > find out who owns the IP address.  More than likely, it is just some
> > community minded person who wants to provide a public service.
> >
> > Either that or you'll get to see some ads which will also give you some idea
> > of who it is! ;-)
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au [mailto:melbwireless-
> >> bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Berrett
> >> Sent: Friday, 28 November 2008 6:16 PM
> >> To: Melbourne Wireless
> >> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Free WIFI IN VERMONT
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all
> >>
> >> Everyday I drive down Canterbury Road through Vermont. I did some
> >> netstumbling whilst driving the other day and noticed that someone had
> >> set up a free wifi access point somewhere between Boronia Road and
> >> Springvale Road along Canterbury Road. The SSID said that it was free
> >> public wifi access.
> >>
> >> Any ideas as to who is providing this?
> >>
> >> Regarsd Peter
> >>
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