The local public library has a wireless hotspot. Previously with XP I was able to access it. It requires the user to open a new browser window and click on a button that says ‘guest’ on it. After clicking the user is free to use the library website or the internet.
Vista taskbar shows that the connection to the wlan on the router is made, but there is no ip being assigned to my notebook computer.
I talked to a person from the ISP that takes care of the internet service and hotspot for the library and he said Vista handles accepting ip addresses differently than all other operating systems that use their hotspots ‘ie. Mac, XP, ME, 98, Linux, Unix, BSD, and others’ and that they aren’t in the business of fixing Microsofts bugs.
Does anyone know of a registry entry or other hack that will allow these kinds of connections to happen or even if this is the real reason for not being able to use the libraries hotspot.
Thanks in advance.
