Wireless connection

liquidrliquidr
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Okay, I feel like a complete ignoramous, but a local coffee shop that I go to has wireless broadband connection running into some Dell laptops. My question, is it possible with airport to make use of this connection through my ibook??? I see other laptop pc users with wireless internet cards do this all the time.

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  • Reply 1 of 2
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Probably. There is a wireless frequenct that PC's use that airport dosn't pick up (802.11A) but it is not as popular. Sometimes coffee shops have a subscription service that you have to sign up /subscribe to. Although I have a pizza shop nearby that has a cable modem and wireles hub. No problem logging on.



    It would be easiest to ask a worker about the network to see if there is a simple password or subscription-based service.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    liquidrliquidr Posts: 884member
    Cool, thanks Ebby, I'm so tech un-savy, I wish I understood the stuff better
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