I go there fairly regularly and don't have a problem, though you do need to get the password from the person behind the counter. I've used both 802.11b and g cards there, both on Mac's. -- Ben Nelson 612.685.9116 cell benmgroup at earthlink.net > From: "Chuck Cole" <cncole at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: cncole at earthlink.net, Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List > <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> > Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:49:03 -0600 > To: "Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List" <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> > Subject: RE: [TCWUG] Spyhouse anyone? > > > Has anybody else noticed the really odd setup at Spyhouse Coffee that I > mentioned > yesterday? Lots of Apples there. Maybe that is an Apple-preferred site and > the oddness > is a PC setup difference. The PC regular there who assisted me guessed that > might be > part of the story. > > Chuck > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org >> [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org]On Behalf Of Chuck Cole >> >> >> FWIW, I tried Spyhouse Coffee at 24th & Nicollet yesterday and found it >> strange and >> anomalous for 802.11b service. Their free service is WEP protected, and one >> must get >> the connection info from a card posted over the straw dispenser by napkins, >> etc. A >> regular there told me that the setup is a nuisance and it has frequent >> dropouts for no >> apparent reason. The posted card says: >> >> password = spyhouse >> code = 7BAB647AC753EEBF6F080DEEC2 >> >> I think they mean SSID = Spyhouse, and Key = ... (best to copy and paste >> this long key >> above since entry is blind and must be 100% correct). >> >> I experienced strangeness in connecting as well as unexplaind dropouts with >> very strong >> and seemingly constant signal level. This site seems to have many users, so >> the >> dropouts may be due to some "active headcount" issues. >> >> Does anyone here go there often enough to know what's going on? The regular >> customer >> that helped me believes the setup is naive and stumbling about. Perhaps the >> "site guru" >> at Spyhouse needs some TCWUG help. I'd like to see what somebody else thinks >> about the >> Spyhouse setup. >> >> Chuck > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > Minnesota > http://www.tcwug.org > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list