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Access Without Authentication: How and Why We Let Anyone Surf Our Wireless
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Watkins, Donna – Computers in Libraries, 2006
Wireless hotspots are popping up in local coffee shops everywhere. Anyone with a wireless-ready laptop or PDA can surf the Internet at one of these hotspots. The same is now true for all 32 branches of the Orange County Public Library (OCPL) in California. Though many public library systems are moving toward wireless access, most require patrons…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Telecommunications, Public Libraries, Internet
Two Ways to Set Up Wireless Hotspot: Comparing Apples and Oranges
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Mutch, Andrew; Ventura, Karen – Computers in Libraries, 2006
Every place has it--coffee shops, bookstores, universities ... and now libraries are offering wireless Internet access too. At the Waterford Township Public Library (Waterford, Michigan), Andrew Mutch created a wide-open wireless network using Public IP open source software. About 20 miles away, at the Novi Public Library (Novi, Michigan), Karen…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Internet, Public Libraries