A couple of "adult use case" questions

[Vern Ceder]

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> 2. My experience with wireless in hotels and Linux is that:

I've used Linux as my ONLY OS on laptops for about 6 years. I travel 
about once a month and over the past few years have connected to wifi 
networks at airports and hotels (everything from Motel 6 to Mariotts and 
Hiltons,  as well as T-Mobile spots). My experiences have been different...

>    a. You usually need Windows and IE to authenticate the first time.
> This isn't a problem because my other laptops have been dual-booted, but
> the XO isn't and won't be.

I've NEVER run across a site where I couldn't log in with Firefox, 
although I did have some trouble with my Nokia N800 browser (Opera 
based, I think) at the Denver airport last month.

>    b. I've had a number of instances where something in the way the
> Linux wireless configuration (it's a DHCP thing) can actually crash the
> hotel's wireless infrastructure and require a reboot of it! 

Again, I've never run across that while traveling, nor at the school 
where we have some Linux laptops as DHCP clients. I wonder if the 
systems you experienced this are Windows based? Or a particular access 
point? In years of running DHCP servers on Linux, I can't remember 
having a DHCP server crash, certainly not to point of requiring a reboot.

Mind you, I'm not denying your experience, just providing a another data 
point.

Cheers,

Vern

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