Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Howard, As I told you in Cologne, there must be something peculiar about the way your Powerbook is set up. I have used the Airport on mine here in Holland, in Portugal, Germany, the UK and Denmark since I bought it in April. I used it at my hotel in Cologne. So I don't think there is anything systematic about wifi access in Germany that prevents Mac wifi access. Cheers, Nathan Howard Cummer wrote: > Talking about Wifi access and its cost, in my recent travels in Europe > (Austria and Germany), my Apple Powerbook 4 worked fine in Austria, > detecting Wifi Nets and allowing me access, but in Germany there was > NO way to connect. In Munich the Wifi signal was recognized at the > hotel and I could read emails but it wasn't possible to put in the > code (provided by the hotel) for access to reply to emails. Finally > the hotel keeper's son lent me his PC laptop so I could reply to some > messages that needed answers but his comment was that Macs didn't work > well with Wifi and left it at that. In Cologne an IT guy in the bar at > the Bonn Beuel hotel did manage to get my powerbook to work by giving > me a German email address related to his web server. I paid him for > his trouble in beers. In Wetzlar at the Wetzlarer Hof I had the same > problem - the Wifi signal could be recognized by the computer - but in > this case no access could be gained at all. When I asked to use the > hotel computer I was told that it was not the responsibility of the > hotel to provide internet access if I used a computer that didn't work > on their Wifi! Anyway eventually I did manage to get access and read > and replied to emails but that incident was the one bad experience in > my stay in Germany. I think Windows is to be congratulated for > shutting Apple out of the German Wifi market and I wonder what is the > (falling) share of the laptop market that Apple has in Germany if most > Mac users have experiences like mine. > Cheers > Howard (in Hong Kong) > > > On 16 Oct 2006, at 4:33 PM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > >> Message: 27 >> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:01:14 +0200 >> From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] london >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: <4533121A.10200@nathanfoto.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Well, they have to do something to replace the lost revenue from the >> phones. I once (early 90s) worked in the AT&T business unit that dealt >> with hotels. Back then, for many lower-priced hotels and motels, the >> revenue from the in-room telephones was a very significant source of >> profit. This has dried up now that everyone has their mobile phone. So >> wifi is the next best thing. >> >> At the Holiday Inn Express in London I paid 5 pounds for 2 hours of >> access (which did not need to be used in one go). More expensive than >> using an internet cafe for sure, but well worth the convenience of using >> my own computer. >> >> Nathan > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog