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Wifi in Wetherspoons - Problems connecting
LarryPlane
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I've just bought myself a shinny new NC20 and while it connects to the O2 box in my living room with no problems it wouldn't connect while I was supping a pint in Wetherspoons.
Now assuming the beer had nothing to do with the problem, has anyone else had problems of this sort?
Basically the NC20 could see the Connection (cloud something or other), but when I tried to connect it could only manage a limited connection, which of course did not include the internet.
Anyone any ideas?
Now assuming the beer had nothing to do with the problem, has anyone else had problems of this sort?
Basically the NC20 could see the Connection (cloud something or other), but when I tried to connect it could only manage a limited connection, which of course did not include the internet.
Anyone any ideas?
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i sometimes have to work on the road and need to connect to the net, and theres nothing worse than spending £3 on a crap coffee to find you cant connect....rage
The IP address lease 192.x.x.x for the Network Card with network address 0024D26A8DE2 has been denied by the DHCP server 10.29.29.161 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).
(I put the "x" in).
No reason given for the rejection. Already in use?
Just a theory, but before I left for the pub I was connecting via my O2 box, I then put the computer into STAND BY, went down the pub, then brought back out of stand by....
Could that have neem the problem due you think? Network card already had an IP lease and this was one already logged with the server.
I haven't tried this yet myself, but I am hoping it will work.
I've used something called PocketDHCP on my PDA to for that, for similar reasons. Then I reboot it, not sure if either helps but the combination seems like it might do.
I can really relate to noonesin's post, although I've never been three pounds down on it, I think the most expensive coffee I've bought partly to get free wifi that wouldn't work for me (it wouldn't accept my code) was our new Ramada Encore.
I used to rarely even bother asking when I couldn't get it to work some places, not fancying a "is the wifi working?" "what's wifi?" type conversation, but that seems to be getting better over time. That is, they tend to know what it is now, but either they believe it's working fine or they don't know how to fix it!
I've had no problem connecting with my iPod touch, but that does have the advantage of being able to easily wander around the pub with a wifi network signal-strength checker running until I locate exactly where the access point is located, so I know which parts of the pub will give a good signal
I'm confused about point 4 in the leaflet, if its a free wifi service why do you need to select the payment option?
I have NEVER got that part myself either!!!!!
So, looks as though my local has or had a broken server.
All that effort to sort the problem out and it was their fault!
BTW - it seems as though the cloud account system is used to limit the time you can spend on the connection. When I was on it, a timer on the landing page counted down from 24 hours, but there was no indication if this is cumulative per week, month or year.