[MLB-WIRELESS] Free WIFI IN VERMONT

[Paul van den Bergen]

catch the train... :-)

I had the "pleasure" of lugging around a work laptop for a week and
caught the train in from glen waverley - it was amazing how many wifi
connections I saw!!! from 12 to 40 at any given time and they changed
continually the whole journey...



On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Peter Berrett <berrettp at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 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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Dr Paul van den Bergen