[wplug] New York park goers to get free Internet Wi-Fi

Richard Farina r.farina at adelphia.net
Tue May 16 22:29:08 EDT 2006


Zach wrote:
> On 5/16/06, Joshua Solomon <jdsbluedevl at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I believe there is WiFi in some areas of Schenley Park, such as right
>> near Phipps. Also, I heard that the new Schenley Plaza between Hillman
>> Library and the Carnegie will have wireless once it opens in June.
>
> So ostensibly one could sit there as long as there laptop battery
> permitted and access the open network? Does anyone know how to config
> Linux to automatically find an open network and use it?
>
That is normally the default... but set your ssid to "" (blank) or 
"ANY", and have dhcp set on that interface and you should get the 
desired result.

-Rick Farina
> Zach
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