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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thank you all for your responses.<BR>
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I was able to access the wifi using Opera on the PC - so it's not an IE only thing (but it was a great suggestion)<BR>
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I have no idea how to get to a command line interface, I think I'll need a shell program of some sort, I look forward to investigating this more once I get home and I can perhaps download things from maemo.org.<BR>
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Many thanks<BR>
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Alan<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Peter Robinson [<A HREF="mailto:pbrobinson@gmail.com">mailto:pbrobinson@gmail.com</A>]<BR>
Sent: Mon 1/15/2007 2:56 AM<BR>
To: Robson, Alan<BR>
Cc: maemo-users@maemo.org<BR>
Subject: Re: [maemo-users] n800 not working at hotel hotspot<BR>
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> I'm at a ramada hotel typing this email into Internet Explorer because for<BR>
> some reason, although my n800 picks up the hotspot loud and clear, the<BR>
> browser doesn't seem to redirect to the guest registration page and allow me<BR>
> to browse. I just get a message "network problem" in a dialog box on the<BR>
> screen.<BR>
><BR>
> Should I expect this to happen at many hotspots ? How do these things work<BR>
> anyaway, they seem to hijack your attempt to fetch a home page and redirect<BR>
> you to a terms-and-conditions acceptance page. The access is free, but you<BR>
> have to click 'accept' to continue.<BR>
><BR>
> Is there something different I should be doing to make this work - there was<BR>
> nothing I needed to do differently in my laptop.<BR>
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I see similar issue with my n770 (and always have although it improved<BR>
when I moved from It-2005 to IT-2006) on local govt provided<BR>
'StreetNet'. Basically when you try to connect to a site it redirects<BR>
to a login page before sending you back to the pages you want to<BR>
visit. When you 'login' I think it sets up the router/firewall to<BR>
allow you out for a period of time. It doesn't work overly well on the<BR>
770.<BR>
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Peter<BR>
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