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Contacting owner of an open Airport network?
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workerbee
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Feb 1, 2003, 09:17 AM
 
I was sitting on the balcony of my hotel in Sydney today, fiddling with my PowerBook, when perchance I stumbled upon a totally open, non-secured WiFi connection. Set Network Prefs to DHCP, and bingo! instant free internet access

Now I'd just like to know: is there a way I can send the owner of this network a message or anything? I think a few nice cold beers would be in order...
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vmpaul
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Feb 9, 2003, 11:24 AM
 
Did you ever figure out a way to do this?

I bought a iBook recently, installed the Airport card and saw 3 networks (in a apt complex) available.

I'm in the process setting up my own network as well.
     
   
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