[icon-discuss] Re: interesting wireless experience
- From: Terrell Jones <terrell.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:18:05 -0600
McDonalds has never worked for me either.
I thought it was just my Braille+. They might be using 802.11G
Terrell
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:41:19 -0800, Jenny Axler wrote:
>I've never gotten the McDonalds connections to work either, but, it
>should be noted that I've had trouble with other devices too. I don't
>know what's up with them, but they're just difficult ot use in general.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Paul Henrichsen
>To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:44 PM
>Subject: [icon-discuss] interesting wireless experience
>
>
>Hi, guys.
>
>Well, I decided to try using my braille plus outside the house to see if
>I could connect wirelessly. We went to our local McDonalds where they
>have wayport, which I guess is part of AT&T WiFi.
>
>No matter what I tried, connecting through AT&T WiFi, or wayport, which
>is the correct way, the braille plus could not connect. Once it got a
>failure to connect message, One could not turn the wireless off or on.
>Going into the status menu and arrowing down
>
>To the wireless status locked the unit up. The only way to get things
>back was to remove the battery. Pressing pound star and program one did
>no good.
>
>I believe the signal strengths were between 35 and 54 percent, but they
>fluctuated a bit.
>
>We decided to go to a starbucks to see what would happen there. The
>braille plus found the T-mobile WiFi and connected. I was able to bring
>up the T-mobile web page.
>
>We decided to try another McDonalds on the way home. We had the same
>results. We could get no connection either to AT&T WiFi or to the proper
>wayport connection.
>
>The unit would lock up. Going into the web page did no good at all.
>Once, I was told I was resetting after pressing the appropriate three
>keys, but there were no vibrations and on trying a power off, I got a
>power off error.
>
>I again had to remove the battery and reinsert it to get things working
>again.
>
>It seems that there is something odd with wayport and the braille plus.
>
>I want to try a Barnes and Noble this weekend as they have wayport as
>well. I am wondering if their router will have a stronger signal
>strength.
>
>But I wonder why there is so much trouble with wayport?
>
>
>
>Paul Henrichsen
>
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>
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>I've never gotten the McDonalds connections to work
>either, but, it should be noted that I've had trouble with other devices
>
>too. I don't know what's up with them, but they're just difficult ot
>use
>in general. ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul
>Henrichsen To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February
>26, 2008 10:44
>PM Subject: [icon-discuss] interesting
>wireless experience
>Hi, guys.
>Well, I decided to try using my braille plus outside the
>house to see if I could connect wirelessly. We went to our local
>McDonalds
>where they have wayport, which I guess is part of AT&T
>WiFi.
>No matter what I tried, connecting through AT&T WiFi,
>or wayport, which is the correct way, the braille plus could not
>connect. Once
>it got a failure to connect message, One could not turn the wireless off
>or
>on. Going into the status menu and arrowing down
>To the wireless status locked the unit up. The only way to
>get things back was to remove the battery. Pressing pound star and
>program one
>did no good.
>I believe the signal strengths were between 35 and 54
>percent, but they fluctuated a bit.
>We decided to go to a starbucks to see what would happen
>there. The braille plus found the T-mobile WiFi and connected. I was
>able to
>bring up the T-mobile web page.
>We decided to try another McDonalds on the way home. We had
>the same results. We could get no connection either to AT&T WiFi or to
>the
>proper wayport connection.
>The unit would lock up. Going into the web page did no good
>at all. Once, I was told I was resetting after pressing the appropriate
>three
>keys, but there were no vibrations and on trying a power off, I got a
>power
>off error.
>I again had to remove the battery and reinsert it to get
>things working again.
>It seems that there is something odd with wayport and the
>braille plus.
>I want to try a Barnes and Noble this weekend as they have
>wayport as well. I am wondering if their router will have a stronger
>signal
>strength.
>But I wonder why there is so much trouble with
>wayport?
>
>Paul Henrichsen
>paulh52@xxxxxxxxxxx
>Kurzweil 1000 Technical Support Engineer
>(800) 894-5374
>Press 5 then 2
>or: (888) 995-9905
>__________ Information
>from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 2904
>(20080227)
>__________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>http://www.eset.com
>
>No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free
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