Chapter 3: Hotspotting
In This Chapter
Exploring hotspots
Using hotspots safely
Comparing free and fee-based hotspots
Creating your own hotspot
Wireless networks aren’t just for private use within your home or at your place of work. Nowadays, many public places, such as airports, libraries, hotels, restaurants, and coffeehouses, host public-access wireless networks, called hotspots. If you visit one of these establishments with a wireless-equipped laptop computer in tow, you can use its hotspot to access the Internet.
In this chapter, you read about these public hotspots and find out how to use them.
As you read this chapter, keep in mind that public hotspots use the same 802.11 technology as private wireless networks described in the first two chapters of this minibook. So the techniques that you use to connect to a hotspot are the same as those you use to connect to any wireless network. The security implications are the same, too.
What Is a Hotspot?
A hotspot is an area that has ...
