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robsmustang
02-17-2003, 11:33 PM
is there anywhere around DLR. where i can get wireless internet access?

Morrigoon
02-17-2003, 11:56 PM
LOL, we wish! We can barely get cellular coverage!

(You'd think DL would offer to put a cellular antenna on top of Maliboomer for a little extra $, wouldn't you?)

refurbmike
02-18-2003, 09:39 AM
There was a thread sometime ago about whether 802.11b existed at the park. I think there is some type of coverage, although very likely passworded to public clients.

Guess your best bet is just to hop over to ::shudder:: Innoventions.

Wizard69
02-18-2003, 10:15 AM
I believe there was a discussion about this before. I recall it saying there is 802.11 in the park but it is used by the ODV registers to communicate with the network for credit card verifications.

Polar33
02-18-2003, 10:33 AM
Couldn't be. Outdoor Vending dosn't have registers or credit card verification. Outdoor Ventures has registers but they are hard wired. I believe the fruit carts are wired as well.

Andrew
02-18-2003, 10:51 AM
Using NetStumbler (http://www.netstumbler.com/) and a Linksys 802.11b card in my laptop last September, I was unable to find any access points at all. Whether I could have obtained an IP address and gotten out through Disney's proxy to the internet is another matter entirely.

I may try again in April, depending on the stupid "alert" status (if they start requiring personal electronics to be powered up and working as in airports, I probably won't bother).

tabacco
02-18-2003, 11:00 AM
Pfft... Disney won't even let actual hardwired computers in the resort out onto the internet, let along .11* clients :)

robsmustang
02-18-2003, 12:22 PM
is there anywhere outside the resort maybe a few blocks away? i have heard that the starbucks locations in california offer wireless access

refurbmike
02-18-2003, 01:31 PM
Maybe some Starbucks do, but not all of them. And not all of the newer ones either. I use to hang out in a new Starbucks a couple years ago with my labtop - no wireless connection there.

However, I think I've heard stories of people going into the park with their PDA and picking up signals? Maybe not.

They do have some band over in WDW - for their new toy games that activate while you're in the queue, yes?

DisneyFan25863
02-18-2003, 06:12 PM
My friend's Dad's PDA could pick up a signal on BTM that was for controlling the trains or somthing like that....Not sure excatly what it was for

HBTiggerFan
02-18-2003, 08:04 PM
Starbucks have T-Mobile Hot Spots, I think they require a subscription.