*where are the free wfi hotspots in London?
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heh - you might consider getting one of these http://www.kensingtonuk.co.uk/mobility_products/product.asp?subsection=22&id=1776. only £20 from micro acti-thingy on tot court rd. There's bloody loads in my area. Take the bus and u'd be surprised what u find in sowf london. Great source pumping from Brixton. I think it's the library.
COBALT_Blue
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Top Wifi - Find a site in London
London is awash with Wi Fi sites. I use http://www.jiwire.com/ to find sites. Its very comprehensive. Just type in London or post code / area and it finds them for you. It's brilliant.
They also list top countries and number of sites. For anyone interested here is a list;
Top 10 Countries
Countries Locations
United States 20,671
United Kingdom 7,868
Germany 4,559
France 2,916
Japan 1,227
Italy 961
Switzerland 918
Spain 813
Canada 760
Taiwan 644
Top 10 Cities
Cities Locations
London 983
New York 800
Paris 729
Singapore 537
Hong Kong 482
Tokyo 472
Chicago 376
San Francisco 374
Berlin 335
Seattle 319
- Now getting your Wi Fi to work at each and every location is another matter!
London is awash with Wi Fi sites. I use http://www.jiwire.com/ to find sites. Its very comprehensive. Just type in London or post code / area and it finds them for you. It's brilliant.
They also list top countries and number of sites. For anyone interested here is a list;
Top 10 Countries
Countries Locations
United States 20,671
United Kingdom 7,868
Germany 4,559
France 2,916
Japan 1,227
Italy 961
Switzerland 918
Spain 813
Canada 760
Taiwan 644
Top 10 Cities
Cities Locations
London 983
New York 800
Paris 729
Singapore 537
Hong Kong 482
Tokyo 472
Chicago 376
San Francisco 374
Berlin 335
Seattle 319
- Now getting your Wi Fi to work at each and every location is another matter!
The Apple Store on Regent Street does free wi-fi. It's towards Oxford Circus on Regent Street if you are heading from say Picadilly Circus.
You can wander in and use any in-store machine to go on the net as well.
You might get a sneer from some mac-anorak types if bringing in a non-Mac laptop.
The staff might notice if you are taking the piss on their computers by using the machines for hours.
You can wander in and use any in-store machine to go on the net as well.
You might get a sneer from some mac-anorak types if bringing in a non-Mac laptop.
The staff might notice if you are taking the piss on their computers by using the machines for hours.
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
wi fi rocks
Got a new Vaio lappy with built in w-lan last week - me and el jugs have been experimenting with our new mobile phone/camera upgrade this morning. Despite having our own broadband router right next to us we thought we'd type this post using our next door neighbours unsecured wifi that we just located instead. Hehe! There are two in our street.
So if you are in London and need a free connection, simply go to any suburban street, switch it on and bingo!
Living in the future rocks!
Got a new Vaio lappy with built in w-lan last week - me and el jugs have been experimenting with our new mobile phone/camera upgrade this morning. Despite having our own broadband router right next to us we thought we'd type this post using our next door neighbours unsecured wifi that we just located instead. Hehe! There are two in our street.
So if you are in London and need a free connection, simply go to any suburban street, switch it on and bingo!
Living in the future rocks!
pinkmonkey
2.4 hour party person
Another tip for those after free wifi. When you need wifi in an airport, find out where the business class airline lounges are, because many of them now offer free wifi to those who use them.
Just sit outside, switch on and you'll probably get a good, fast connection for nothing.
Just sit outside, switch on and you'll probably get a good, fast connection for nothing.
editor
hiraethified
How about a mile of free wi-fi (Islington only, unfortunately)
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39195421,00.htm
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/wireless/0,39020348,39195421,00.htm
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
The Dover Castle, top of Great Dover Street (opposite Borough Tube Station sorta) has free wifi I noticed the other day.
brigitkalitara
bawdy northern gobshite
more wi-fi spots
the albany arts center in deptford ,has a great free wi-fi connection ,
though there seems to be a free community hotspot allover deptford ...
the albany arts center in deptford ,has a great free wi-fi connection ,
though there seems to be a free community hotspot allover deptford ...
Teepee
like livewire voodoo
I love this kind of thread.
A great way of finding hotspots for those of you with cars is wardriving (google it). You can do it with a normal PCMCIA card, but its best to crack one open and solder a bigger aerial onto the board, instructions are on google. here's a shabby one I made earlier, the aerial's magnetic and sticks to the roof of my car. Sorry for the tape obscuring the interesting bits.:
Then all you need is a program like Netstumbler (windows) from http://stumbler.net or Kismet (linux) from either http://www.kismetwireless.net/ or just 'sudo apt-get install kismet' if you use ubuntu/debian . Drive round and watch in amazement as you find upwards of 100 APs per drive. I find that around 80% are not WEPed. If you use a backpack, it would be possible to do this on a bike.
A great way of finding hotspots for those of you with cars is wardriving (google it). You can do it with a normal PCMCIA card, but its best to crack one open and solder a bigger aerial onto the board, instructions are on google. here's a shabby one I made earlier, the aerial's magnetic and sticks to the roof of my car. Sorry for the tape obscuring the interesting bits.:
Then all you need is a program like Netstumbler (windows) from http://stumbler.net or Kismet (linux) from either http://www.kismetwireless.net/ or just 'sudo apt-get install kismet' if you use ubuntu/debian . Drive round and watch in amazement as you find upwards of 100 APs per drive. I find that around 80% are not WEPed. If you use a backpack, it would be possible to do this on a bike.
this is the coolest news. i can in fact pick up wireless in my own flat, yay
it only took me half a year with my new laptop to find out about it though
the question is where is it coming from? and will it stay (i do hope so, sometimes however it doesn't want to connect)???
it only took me half a year with my new laptop to find out about it though
the question is where is it coming from? and will it stay (i do hope so, sometimes however it doesn't want to connect)???
Teepee
like livewire voodoo
Choc said:this is the coolest news. i can in fact pick up wireless in my own flat, yay
it only took me half a year with my new laptop to find out about it though
the question is where is it coming from? and will it stay (i do hope so, sometimes however it doesn't want to connect)???
If you want to accurately pinpoint it, use a directional antenna combined with netstumbler.
Wheter it will stay is another matter, it all depends on the technical competence of the user of the router. As long as you don't cane their bandwith and they dont look at the DCHP clients table or notice the WLAN light blinking too much, you should remain undetected.
If the SSID is default you can login to the routers config by looking up the default password online and then connecting through your web browser. Check the port forwarding section and the DCHP clients table. The ammount of customisation in there should tell you how clever the user is, and how many computers they are using.
The connection problems you have are probably due to a weak signal. Experiment putting your laptop in different places till you find the most reliable spot.
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