"IvanK-" <Iv***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I suspect that a wireless HS I've been
> using lately has loaded an app. of some kind on my notebook that is
> interfering with access to other HS. Before I started using this HS, I had
> no
> issues accessing any HS I chose, but since I've used the one I"m at now, I
> can see the network, get a strong signal, but can not actually dend or
> receive data. It looks like a firewall issue, but it's not. I've disabled
> all
> the security on my notebook to be sure and no luck. Now I can only get
> access
> at this one chain of well known cafe's. It does not interfere with access
> at
> home either. Only other HS's.
> Does anyone have any idea where I should look on my system for any changes
> that may have been made that I can undo? Sadly I'm not technical enough to
> know whare to look in the registry, etc. And even if I did, I probably
> wouldn't recognize a change if I saw one.
> Sorry for the extremely broad question. I'll re post this in "security" if
> you think that's more appropriate.
> Thanks.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
>
> I doubt that there is a utility that let you connect to your Wireless at
> home and to one specific HotSpot and block others HotSopts.
>
> Check your preference settings in the Windows Zero configuration and make
> sure that it set to connect to any available Wireless Network.
>
> If your security is enabled you can connect only to the Wireless network
> that has the same security parameters, i.e. you own home network.
>
> If the security is disabled you can connect to a Public HotSpots that is not
> secured.
>
> Any other connection would need to obtain the security parameters from the
> owner. I.e. the other HotSpot that you are trying to connected to might be
> secured.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "IvanK-" <Iv***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:26A93CD1-8411-4271-B168-0DCB1FDC386A@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I suspect that a wireless HS I've been
> > using lately has loaded an app. of some kind on my notebook that is
> > interfering with access to other HS. Before I started using this HS, I had
> > no
> > issues accessing any HS I chose, but since I've used the one I"m at now, I
> > can see the network, get a strong signal, but can not actually dend or
> > receive data. It looks like a firewall issue, but it's not. I've disabled
> > all
> > the security on my notebook to be sure and no luck. Now I can only get
> > access
> > at this one chain of well known cafe's. It does not interfere with access
> > at
> > home either. Only other HS's.
> > Does anyone have any idea where I should look on my system for any changes
> > that may have been made that I can undo? Sadly I'm not technical enough to
> > know whare to look in the registry, etc. And even if I did, I probably
> > wouldn't recognize a change if I saw one.
> > Sorry for the extremely broad question. I'll re post this in "security" if
> > you think that's more appropriate.
> > Thanks.
>
>
>

"IvanK-" <Iv***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the response Jack.
>
> That's what is so odd about this situation. I can connect at home and at
> this one chain of HS's, but not at others anymore. Any open connection
> should
> work...?
>
> I can see the networks and even show a "Status: Connected", but I can't
> actually get access to the net at these other HS's anymore even though I'm
> "connected" to their network. It really does look like a firewall issue.
> The
> access point and my wireless card must be handshaking OK, but then I can't
> get past that point.

"Diamontina Cocktail" wrote:

>
> "IvanK-" <Iv***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6E205B59-F322-4885-8C7B-ED833CB9D8C1@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the response Jack.
> >
> > That's what is so odd about this situation. I can connect at home and at
> > this one chain of HS's, but not at others anymore. Any open connection
> > should
> > work...?
> >
> > I can see the networks and even show a "Status: Connected", but I can't
> > actually get access to the net at these other HS's anymore even though I'm
> > "connected" to their network. It really does look like a firewall issue.
> > The
> > access point and my wireless card must be handshaking OK, but then I can't
> > get past that point.
>
> Sounds to me like you just need to right click your wireless icon when at
> the HS that you cannot connect to and "repair". If the HS you are now at is
> one that lets you on and not one that blocks you out, you should be OK. You
> might also check the settings for your tcp/ip in case an IP number and DNS
> IPs somehow were put in there.
>
> >
> > The connection doesn't seem to be the problem, it's the sending and
> > receiving of data that's blocked. That's why I say it looks like a
> > firewall
> > issue, but can't be because I've disabled the FW to test that.
> >
> >
>
> You can CONNECT to a signal and not really be on the network, too.
>
>
>