Starting blind and from scratch

Uncas · 02-12-2005

Being new, I am starting from scratch...As my profile indicates, I am an author in the process of writing my second book on the Chesapeake Bay. Will be eight months on my boat and need to be connected to the internet.
Three things.:
1) Bought the card to connect to WiFi...In order to install the softwear, need an SSID #...What is it?
2) If it is a membership #, which company best covers the Chesapeake Bay and does it have various membership categories...billing monthly, seasonally ( on a boat ), or just yearly?
3) Cost est.
Thanks
jamj

G8tK33per · 02-12-2005

Try a Google search on 'wifi hotpsots', see if you can find any located within the areas of the Bay that are close to the water. You can then check with those folks to see what their requirements are with respect to membership and coverage. It's a starting point. Try 'Maryland wifi' as well.

Uncas · 02-12-2005

Thanks...will check out Maryland WiFi first and see what happens.
jamj

Uncas · 02-12-2005

Checked Google...The FAQ section helped...i.e., don't have to subscribe to a specific server...So, final question ( at least for the moment )....What the heck is an SSID number? For whatever reason, I have to put this number (a number) in when I install the softwear.
jamj

The Others · 02-12-2005

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Originally Posted by Uncas

Checked Google...The FAQ section helped...i.e., don't have to subscribe to a specific server...So, final question ( at least for the moment )....What the heck is an SSID number? For whatever reason, I have to put this number (a number) in when I install the softwear.
jamj

http://forums.netstumbler.com/showthread.php?t=6756

See peekitty's definition of "ESSID".

The SSID is the name of the wireless access point. You shouldnt need to know it to install any software. You will need to know it, however, to connect to an access point. Your choosen wireless provider will be able to inform you as to their specific details.

Uncas · 02-12-2005

So...what you are saying is...although I do not need to subscribe to a specific server to put in the softwear...based on the info received from Google's FAQs sheet, I still have to have a server in order to get the SSID number....Sounds like Catch 22....

The Others · 02-12-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncas

So...what you are saying is...although I do not need to subscribe to a specific server to put in the softwear...based on the info received from Google's FAQs sheet, I still have to have a server in order to get the SSID number....Sounds like Catch 22....

To connect to an access point you need the software to do so (usually reffered to as a Client Manager, or Window's WZC) and an access point to connect to. First, you install the required software, then you subscibe to a service, or buy your own access point, and put that devices SSID into the software you have already installed.

And to clear things up, the SSID doesn't have to be a number.

Do the following, this is the last time I'm going to try and explain:

Install the required software. It shoould have come on a CD with your wireless card.
Choose a provider
Ask the provider for their SSID. It probably wont be a number
Type the SSID and any other required details into the software you installed in step one
Be connected.

G8tK33per · 02-12-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncas

So...what you are saying is...although I do not need to subscribe to a specific server to put in the softwear...based on the info received from Google's FAQs sheet, I still have to have a server in order to get the SSID number....Sounds like Catch 22....

I sure hope you use spell check before submitting your writings or next book.

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Uncas Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berlin, MD Posts: 4	Starting blind and from scratch Being new, I am starting from scratch...As my profile indicates, I am an author in the process of writing my second book on the Chesapeake Bay. Will be eight months on my boat and need to be connected to the internet. Three things.: 1) Bought the card to connect to WiFi...In order to install the softwear, need an SSID #...What is it? 2) If it is a membership #, which company best covers the Chesapeake Bay and does it have various membership categories...billing monthly, seasonally ( on a boat ), or just yearly? 3) Cost est. Thanks jamj

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G8tK33per Asshole Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: S.E. VA. Posts: 5,932	Try a Google search on 'wifi hotpsots', see if you can find any located within the areas of the Bay that are close to the water. You can then check with those folks to see what their requirements are with respect to membership and coverage. It's a starting point. Try 'Maryland wifi' as well. __________________ "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If Benjamin were an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick." Sons of Confederate Veterans Last edited by G8tK33per : 02-12-2005 at 06:38 AM.

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02-12-2005	#3 (permalink)
Uncas Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berlin, MD Posts: 4	Thanks...will check out Maryland WiFi first and see what happens. jamj

02-12-2005	#4 (permalink)
Uncas Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berlin, MD Posts: 4	Checked Google...The FAQ section helped...i.e., don't have to subscribe to a specific server...So, final question ( at least for the moment )....What the heck is an SSID number? For whatever reason, I have to put this number (a number) in when I install the softwear. jamj

02-12-2005	#6 (permalink)
Uncas Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berlin, MD Posts: 4	So...what you are saying is...although I do not need to subscribe to a specific server to put in the softwear...based on the info received from Google's FAQs sheet, I still have to have a server in order to get the SSID number....Sounds like Catch 22....