I go there fairly regularly and don't have a problem, though you do need to
get the password from the person behind the counter. I've used both 802.11b
and g cards there, both on Mac's.
-- 
Ben Nelson
612.685.9116 cell
benmgroup at earthlink.net


> From: "Chuck Cole" <cncole at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: cncole at earthlink.net, Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List
> <tcwug-list at tcwug.org>
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:49:03 -0600
> To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" <tcwug-list at tcwug.org>
> Subject: RE: [TCWUG] Spyhouse anyone?
> 
> 
> Has anybody else noticed the really odd setup at Spyhouse Coffee that I
> mentioned
> yesterday?  Lots of Apples there.  Maybe that is an Apple-preferred site and
> the oddness
> is a PC setup difference.  The PC regular there who assisted me guessed that
> might be
> part of the story.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org
>> [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Cole
>> 
>> 
>> FWIW, I tried Spyhouse Coffee at 24th & Nicollet yesterday and found it
>> strange and
>> anomalous for 802.11b service.  Their free service is WEP protected, and one
>> must get
>> the connection info from a card posted over the straw dispenser by napkins,
>> etc.  A
>> regular there told me that the setup is a nuisance and it has frequent
>> dropouts for no
>> apparent reason.  The posted card says:
>> 
>> password = spyhouse
>> code = 7BAB647AC753EEBF6F080DEEC2
>> 
>> I think they mean SSID = Spyhouse, and Key = ...  (best to copy and paste
>> this long key
>> above since entry is blind and must be 100% correct).
>> 
>> I experienced strangeness in connecting as well as unexplaind dropouts with
>> very strong
>> and seemingly constant signal level.  This site seems to have many users, so
>> the
>> dropouts may be due to some "active headcount" issues.
>> 
>> Does anyone here go there often enough to know what's going on?  The regular
>> customer
>> that helped me believes the setup is naive and stumbling about.  Perhaps the
>> "site guru"
>> at Spyhouse needs some TCWUG help.  I'd like to see what somebody else thinks
>> about the
>> Spyhouse setup.
>> 
>> Chuck
> 
> 
> 
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