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Old 07-28-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Wireless HS
Searched the net and these forums for clues, maybe I'm just so clueless that this is just one of those common sense things that everyone knows! I live around lots of cafes and stuff. NETStumbler shows three wireless networks and one of them is g/54Mbps with no encryption and the SSID is broadcast with the name "Wireless HS". Vendor type is "Fake" and the type is "AP". Sorry for a potentially really stupid question, but, does the "HS" mean HotSpot? I'm just wondering, because I don't know where the signal is from, which is really strong, and if it's OK to use it freely. All I have at home is dialup, but my notebook has wireless, so I'd love to use that signal, but only if it's meant for public.

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You're gonna have to find that hotspot and ask the owner. For all we know it could be wireless high school, or hotel spa, or home security.... Who knows.
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Searched the net and these forums for clues, maybe I'm just so clueless that this is just one of those common sense things that everyone knows! I live around lots of cafes and stuff. NETStumbler shows three wireless networks and one of them is g/54Mbps with no encryption and the SSID is broadcast with the name "Wireless HS". Vendor type is "Fake" and the type is "AP". Sorry for a potentially really stupid question, but, does the "HS" mean HotSpot? I'm just wondering, because I don't know where the signal is from, which is really strong, and if it's OK to use it freely. All I have at home is dialup, but my notebook has wireless, so I'd love to use that signal, but only if it's meant for public.

Thanks everybody
If you cannot find the owner that can give you explicit permission to connect to it, you may not connect to it. Plain and simple.
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