Just beware of recent cases in other states where people have been arrested for 'stealing' wifi from outside of the building. On 8/12/05, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > I've checked and used a bunch of coffee shop and restaurant free hotspots after hours just by parking my van in the parking lot. > None I've checked or heard of turn off the WiFi after hours. One reason may be that most units have no way other than power off and > being off that long makes the router forget its special SSID and other settings for that provider (eg, most SurfThing cases). > > Chuck > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Brock Noland > > > > You would think so, but they don't!! Seems like alot the wireless in > > coffee shops around here is done by a handful of "service providers" > > instead of the coffee shops themselves. I guess they could turn it off > > with features similar to those on the WRT54G, but apparently they > > don't want to configure that for each shops hours.. > > > > Thanks again! > > > > Brock > > > > On 8/12/05, Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Brock Noland wrote: > > > > > > > For those interested, I did ask permission and was granted permission by > > > > the employee on duty (cashier). So I am taking that as is and running > > > > with it! > > > > > > Good one. But don't they shut it off after hours? I guess that wouldn't > > > be a problem if they are open long enough hours! > > > > > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >