Thread: Public WIFI
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febb is offline febb
2008-03-17 , 04:37
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Originally Posted by nokian111 View Post
"free public wifi" is not an internet connection but something windows generates
i think i read about this first in another post here...
Don't know about that. But I can tell the following story:

a) Either "free public wifi" is related to the WiFi signail of the Nintendo DS game console (which can actually communicate using WiFi) or,
b) Another windows machine, with the symptoms stated above.

I turned on my N810 aboard an airplane (commercial airline) , in flight, at cruise level (when you are allowed to turn on computers) and my N810 started detecting that "free public WiFi" onboard and at 35000 ft !!!

A girl sitting next to me had a Nintendo DS turned on also, so I really thought this "free public wifi" was actually from her toy console....

Go figure ! Any comments ?
Last edited by febb; 2008-03-17 at 07:47. Reason: typo correction