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Public WIFIWhen in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running
XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer icons and I'm in business. On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page cannot be displayed". Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI connection. Thanx. John Williams
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"John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message Have you tried enabling (ie. checking) the "Automatically connect to news:obzch.6114$ql2.2717@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running > XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer > icons and I'm in business. > > On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says > "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page > cannot be displayed". > > Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI > connection. > > Thanx. > > John Williams > non-preferred networks" checkbox? http://www.dslreports.com/speak/slideshow/17369559?c=1093597&ret=L2ZvcnVtL3JlbWFyaywxNzM2OTU1OQ%3D%3D -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
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"Sooner Al (MVP)" <Soone***@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message All my connections are automatic . Couldn't find anything about news:D1C9CD66-8F77-45E8-B5BB-02017723D664@microsoft.com... > "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message > news:obzch.6114$ql2.2717@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running >> XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer >> icons and I'm in business. >> >> On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says >> "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page >> cannot be displayed". >> >> Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI >> connection. >> >> Thanx. >> >> John Williams >> > > > Have you tried enabling (ie. checking) the "Automatically connect to > non-preferred networks" checkbox? > > http://www.dslreports.com/speak/slideshow/17369559?c=1093597&ret=L2ZvcnVtL3JlbWFyaywxNzM2OTU1OQ%3D%3D > > -- > > Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) > > Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the > mutual benefit of all of us... > The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > rights... > non-preferred nets. But don't think it matters. I'm having no problem connecting to a WIFI net. My problem is using IE and OE when I'm on a net. I'm pretty sure my browsers and email handlers are set up the same on both coomputers but what works on the old won't work on the new. John Peoplepc.com is an ISP (and as far as I know not free) - evidently your new
computer is not set-up to use the ISP. Show quoteHide quote "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:obzch.6114$ql2.2717@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running > XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer > icons and I'm in business. > > On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says > "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page > cannot be displayed". > > Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI > connection. > > Thanx. > > John Williams > Sure it is. Dialup works fine. I'm on it now. Any more suggestions?
Show quoteHide quote "AJR" <ajr***@comcast.net> wrote in message news:OBU5V7uFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > Peoplepc.com is an ISP (and as far as I know not free) - evidently your > new computer is not set-up to use the ISP. > > "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message > news:obzch.6114$ql2.2717@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running >> XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer >> icons and I'm in business. >> >> On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says >> "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page >> cannot be displayed". >> >> Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI >> connection. >> >> Thanx. >> >> John Williams >> > > setup your Internet Explorer to connect through a LAN and disable the
dialup. with wifi it is a LAN connection. also make sure the router is logged onto your isp. Show quoteHide quote "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:pEEch.6221$ql2.1978@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > Sure it is. Dialup works fine. I'm on it now. Any more suggestions? > "AJR" <ajr***@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:OBU5V7uFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> Peoplepc.com is an ISP (and as far as I know not free) - evidently your >> new computer is not set-up to use the ISP. >> >> "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message >> news:obzch.6114$ql2.2717@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >>> When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running >>> XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer >>> icons and I'm in business. >>> >>> On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says >>> "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page >>> cannot be displayed". >>> >>> Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI >>> connection. >>> >>> Thanx. >>> >>> John Williams >>> >> >> > >
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" banjo" <- deeenoregist***@hotmail.co.uk_> wrote in message I'm not sure what you mean by "setup your IE to connect through a LAN..." news:Y%Ech.1773$_74.838@newsfe1-win.ntli.net... > setup your Internet Explorer to connect through a LAN and disable the > dialup. > with wifi it is a LAN connection. > also make sure the router is logged onto your isp. > > > > > "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message > news:pEEch.6221$ql2.1978@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >> Sure it is. Dialup works fine. I'm on it now. Any more suggestions? >> "AJR" <ajr***@comcast.net> wrote in message >> news:OBU5V7uFHHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >>> Peoplepc.com is an ISP (and as far as I know not free) - evidently your >>> new computer is not set-up to use the ISP. >>> >>> "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message >>> news:obzch.6114$ql2.2717@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... >>>> When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer >>>> running XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet >>>> Explorer icons and I'm in business. >>>> >>>> On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says >>>> "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page >>>> cannot be displayed". >>>> >>>> Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI >>>> connection. >>>> >>>> Thanx. >>>> >>>> John Williams >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > and, as for the router being logged onto my sip, the router is part of the WIFI net. I have no router in that net. My problem is accessing my email handler and my browser home page once I'm on the net. Any more suggestions?
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Regards, --PA Show quoteHide quote "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:obzch.6114$ql2.2717@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and > Internet Explorer icons and I'm in business. > > On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE > says "The page cannot be displayed". > > Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI connection. > > Thanx. > > John Williams >
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On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:13:08 GMT, "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> john, you're not accessing PeoplePC when you use a public wi-fi spot.wrote: >When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running >XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer >icons and I'm in business. > >On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says "The >host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page cannot be >displayed". > >Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI >connection. > >Thanx. > >John Williams > whoever is providing the internet on-ramp for the hot-spot is the ISP. and it could very well be that on-ramp (net connection) is down. that would explain why you can connect the the access point but no farther. do you know where this public hot spot is originating from? if so you might trundle on down there and ask. i've run across a few public spots with the same results and in each case a word with the manager resulted in a boot of his server which resulted in a restored connection to the net. a second thought. there are SOME apparently public hot spots which actually require a login ID. the states of iowa and texas have public wi-fi at their highway rest stops but registration is required. what happens when you open IE? if the hot spot requires registration you should get the provider's login info. until you register your browser and e-mail software will not work. a third thought. try this. click TOOLS:INTERNET OPTIONS:CONNECTIONS. then click NEVER DIAL A CONNECTION. then in the PROGRAMS tab at the top of the box be sure that OUTLOOK EXPRESS is shown in the E-MAIL window. now try the hot spot and see if it works. if it does you're in business. all you'll need to do is create a dialing script when for those times you want to dial into PeoplePC. if not, well, then i'm out of ideas for the moment. 73, rich, n9dko Hi Rich:
Thanks for your suggestions. However, they don't solve my problem. I'm in an area where wifi is available most of the time. When it's not up, I either try again later or go online with dialup. There is one thing I must stress: I ACCESS BOTH MY EMAIL HANDLER (PEOPLEPC.COM) AND MY IE HOME PAGE (MY.YAHOO.COM) THRU THE SAME WIFI CONNECTION FROM MY LAPTOP WITH NO PROBLEMS. As a matter of fact, I did nothing to set it up. I simply select the net from those available in my area and hit the IE and OE icons. When I do the same thing on my desktop, it doesn't work - the WIFI ISP processes my request but SOMETHING prevents it from accessing the desired URL's. My real question is: What is this SOMETHING and how do I get around it. I suspect it has to do with security and the more I think about it, I think it has nothing to do with PeoplePC because PPC should have no involvement with my home page access. Thanks for pointing out that it's the WIFI ISP which handles my requests. That helps me understand WIFI better. I'm now off to search for security solutions or better yet I'll call D-Link support, my network card supplier. Naturally, COMPAQ support won't touch this because the card didn't come with the computer. Thanks again. John Show quoteHide quote "Rich" <r***@donotsendmeemail.com> wrote in message news:9pr6n2p8n2mottkc8k24p3qhqmlq7ghj85@4ax.com... > On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:13:08 GMT, "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> > wrote: > >>When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running >>XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer >>icons and I'm in business. >> >>On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says >>"The >>host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page cannot be >>displayed". >> >>Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI >>connection. >> >>Thanx. >> >>John Williams >> > > john, you're not accessing PeoplePC when you use a public wi-fi spot. > whoever is providing the internet on-ramp for the hot-spot is the ISP. > and it could very well be that on-ramp (net connection) is down. that > would explain why you can connect the the access point but no farther. > do you know where this public hot spot is originating from? if so you > might trundle on down there and ask. i've run across a few public > spots with the same results and in each case a word with the manager > resulted in a boot of his server which resulted in a restored > connection to the net. > > a second thought. there are SOME apparently public hot spots which > actually require a login ID. the states of iowa and texas have public > wi-fi at their highway rest stops but registration is required. what > happens when you open IE? if the hot spot requires registration you > should get the provider's login info. until you register your browser > and e-mail software will not work. > > a third thought. try this. click TOOLS:INTERNET OPTIONS:CONNECTIONS. > then click NEVER DIAL A CONNECTION. then in the PROGRAMS tab at the > top of the box be sure that OUTLOOK EXPRESS is shown in the E-MAIL > window. now try the hot spot and see if it works. if it does you're > in business. all you'll need to do is create a dialing script when > for those times you want to dial into PeoplePC. if not, well, then > i'm out of ideas for the moment. > > 73, > rich, n9dko > Hi
Peopl PC does not have any free public Hotpots, it is a discounted dialup ISP. If one connects through broadband to peoplepc.com You get this page, http://www.peoplepc.com/opt/PPC_PricePionts_AB_CSICode.html Whether you can access from there your peoplepc email account you have to ask the peoplepc support. However, it is possible that you are calling “publicly-available WIFI services”. Are actually private Wireless connections that are not using security filters? If it is so, you should know that you are running your own traffic through some one else connection, it can be intercepted and your privacy can be compromised. In addition, in many places it is illegal to use some else connection even if it is unprotected. Jack (MVP-Networking). Show quoteHide quote "John Williams" <John@NoSpam.com> wrote in message news:obzch.6114$ql2.2717@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... > When in range of publicly-available WIFI service, on my computer running > XP-Home, I can simply click on my Outlook Express and Internet Explorer > icons and I'm in business. > > On my new computer running XP-Media Center, that doesn't work. OE says > "The host 'peoplepc.com' could not be found." while IE says "The page > cannot be displayed". > > Please tell me what I have to do to access PeoplePC using a public WIFI > connection. > > Thanx. > > John Williams > |
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