getting Wi-Fi

[NoBob]

Start traveling with my T41 on Monday. Haven't used Wi-Fi yet. I just opened up the Wi-Fi window, and as usual it shows no networks. But it says check that the wireless switch is on. Is there anything I should do to set things up before leaving?

And has anyone connected wirelessly in Bangkok? For free?

NoBob.

[First Light]

Can't help with the free question. But am curious - you have a new, relatively expensive computer and someone is spending a lot of money getting you to Bankock. If you cannot find a place there to connect for free are you not going to use WiFi? Don't you think it would be a good idea to first find out if the WiFi in your unit works when you get there, and then worry about/try to find a less expensive place to log on?

[carbon_unit]

I suppose you would want to make a profile with the SSID set to "ANY".

[XCoalMiner]

Intel's (Jwire's) Hotspot finder shows two free hot spots in all of Thailand (never been there myself), and I can't tell what the city is.

If you are in a busy metro area, download and try using netstumbler to locate WiFi signals, it will also tell you if the signal is encrypted.

[DavidNZ]

The first time I tired my wireless capabilities was exactly like you mentioned: I was in a foreign city, so I cranked up everything from FN+F5 and it found several unsecure networks in the near vicinity. When I had an afternoon free on my trip, I wandered around and found quite a few unsecure networks. I guess it's what happens when wireless home networking becomes a commodity: easy to set up, so people just forget about it.

[NoBob]

Will be travelling to Thailand, Singapore, Australia and US. Need it for work. Thanks for the tip about the jiwire download. After posting I continued searching and found that one. Didn't find the free Thai hotspots though. The ones I saw were 150 baht per hour. Will look again. Thanks for the tip about SSID. In the jiwire Help it mentions enabling SSID to 'Any'.