We tested it at the last TCWUG meeting, and the connection was great near the gardens in the center of the park. Try sitting on a bench there, oriented toward the lake. A nice view, and the internet too! -- Ben Nelson > From: Haudy Kazemi <kaze0010 at umn.edu> > Reply-To: Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> > Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 23:17:07 CDT > To: Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List <tcwug-list at tcwug.org>, Haudy Kazemi > <kaze0010 at tc.umn.edu> > Subject: Re: [TCWUG] Loring Park Network > > Well, basically when you are in the park look for SSID 'TCWUG'. Use your > wireless card's program or WinXP's wireless config utility to choose TCWUG. > Once you get an IP address, try to surf and then an agreement page will > come up. Agree to it and the net is yours. > > Coverage isn't everywhere in the park, so try moving around and possibly > out from under trees. Using a mini-PCI Dell Truemobile 1150 wireless card, > I was barely able to get a signal from the TCWUG network when I was parked > a little up the hill from Joe's Garage. A better or higher power wireless > card might have worked better for me. > > On 25 May 2004, Erik Hanson wrote: >> Hello, >> >> A while ago I asked about the status of the wirless network in Loring > Park >> and how one gets access to the network. I never got an answer so I will >> ask again. What kind of coverage does the park have, and how does one >> gain access to the network. >> >> Thanks a bunch! >> >> -Erik Hanson >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, >> Minnesota >> http://www.tcwug.org >> tcwug-list at tcwug.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list