I’d like to be able to say that I’m a fan of Foyle’s O’Reilly-sponsored free wi-fi hotspot – what with the nice organic food, reasonable coffee and jazz music etc. but I can’t, really, because on the three occasions I’ve been there over the last week or two I haven’t been able to get it to work. The otherwise helpful staff are reduced to shrugs and apologies and the shop’s network admin doesn’t want to know (understandably, I guess – she has real users to support). If you have an angle on how to get my Powerbook (Airport Extreme, X.3.4) online at Foyle’s, do drop me a line. Then perhaps I’ll provide the glowing testimonial I’d like to…
I mean apart from the obvious: make sure Airport is active, switch TCP/IP settings to DHCP, attempt to load web page, wait for access…