Anybody knows of any wireless Internet hot spots in the Greater Moncton?

Not sure what you call a hot spot. I used to be able to pick up wireless at my apartment downtown but it hasn't been working lately. I know Highfield Square has its own network. Champlain Mall probably has one too. All the Irving Big Stops have them, even though the closest one is a bit out of town. I'm sure a few more places have them too but I can't think of any at the moment.

I heard Highfield Square, Champlain Place, Power Center, and Air Port have it. I can get a signal near Victoria Park on my friends laptop.

Yeah, I forgot about the airport. I thought they had free wireless all downtown for a while. Maybe it was just a trial period or something. I used to pick up the Alma network from my livingroom and the Botsford network from my kitchen. I heard they were talking about getting a better network to cover the downtown area, kind of like Fredericton has.

If it draws business for a couple of businesses I think it will soon pop up anywhere somebody can make money.

thanks guyz!

I am near Highfield Sq. Mall, and trying like hell to pick something up, but no luck so far!

BUT, i m not giving up, I'll tell you if I am successful!

My friend lives near the corner of Cameron and Gordon and said he was picking up some network at his place. I wouldn't be surprised if it was from the business college across the street.

still cant connect to any other networks , but what i did do is set up my first wireless connection! for the first time in my life! weeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! so i am sitting in bed, and typing this message! FUN!!!!!!!

thanks guyz for your advice! i will keep you posted if I have more luck with this wireless business!

Student wrote:

still cant connect to any other networks , but what i did do is set up my first wireless connection! for the first time in my life! weeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! so i am sitting in bed, and typing this message! FUN!!!!!!!

thanks guyz for your advice! i will keep you posted if I have more luck with this wireless business!

Isn't wireless great!!??!! 

yes it is. but here is the trouble...(lol) if everyone taps in to wireless for real, i think they would ban it.

chelsea wrote:

Student wrote:

still cant connect to any other networks , but what i did do is set up my first wireless connection! for the first time in my life! weeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!! so i am sitting in bed, and typing this message! FUN!!!!!!!

thanks guyz for your advice! i will keep you posted if I have more luck with this wireless business!

Isn't wireless great!!??!! 

#$@&*$#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

k... seems i'm a little bit of a wireless virgin here... i have my own network in my house. Does that mean that someone can tap into our network and hook up a wireless connection if they live nearby, and if so how close?  (I live further out of the city).

I don't know much about it myself but I believe any signal that be transmitted can be recieved, sometimes by the wrong people.

chelsea wrote:

k... seems i'm a little bit of a wireless virgin here... i have my own network in my house. Does that mean that someone can tap into our network and hook up a wireless connection if they live nearby, and if so how close?  (I live further out of the city).

people can certainly do that. How close of a range? That depends upon how much noise there is in your area. By noise I mean trees, houses, wires etc (anything that can obstruct the wireless signal). Typically, in an urban setting wireless signal from a home router can be picked up 100 ft. away. If there are no trees and oter obstructions, 300 ft.

What do you do to protect it? Type:

http://192.168.0.1 it will bring you to your router. There, goto Wireless settings, and make sure there is a password protection on your wireless connection. After you do that, you generally don't need to worry about your neighbours using free Inernet.

Cheers!

Interesting info... thank you very much. I will definately look into this further. 

I knew you could do it ol'boy...congrate!