Wireless from McDonalds - problems

vinvon

Hi

Spent a bulk of this morning trying to log on from a McDonalds. Was able to ping the logon website, had an IP address however was unable to load the logon page from IE, Netscape or Firefox. This logon page should have automatically and it did not. Was unable therefore to get onto the Internet

Any ideas ?

Regards

Vincent

Paulw

Make sure you disable any proxy configuration you have, and make sure you use DHCP.

Otherwise, it should work just fine.

It could have been a local problem though.

nava

Hi

Is that access free other than buying something in McDonalds??

Thanks

Paulw

No idea at all.

Try and see.

trap4

Is there a list of wifi enabled McDonalds restaurants somewhere? Its not on their own website (why the hell not?).

Chalk

are mc'd's providing access now?

or were you just logging on to someone elses access point while eating a burger?
if its theres, then surely someone at mcdonalds would be able to tell you how to access it :rolleyes:

trap4

Aha! I'm after finding the list of eircom hotspots at last, and believe me it wasn't easy!

So, looks like there are about 10 McDs in Dublin, and 1 each in Clare, Limerick, Louth and Monaghan currently wifi enabled.

Gosh

Well you need something to take your mind off their food

stagolee

say for instance i lived within 50m of one of these hotspots, would i be able to get online for free? :eek:
how would i go about it?

kdouglas

managed to pick up a connection in McD's on the kylemore road in dublin from the car park, but it being an eircom hotspot meant paying for it.

their two pricing options were:
a: €10 for 1 hour
b: €20 for 24 hours

the most ridiculous pricing scheme i've ever seen IMO

stagolee - in theory, with a powerful directional (yagi) antenna you can pick up a wifi connection from quite a distance (several hundred meters in some cases) but if you do not pay for the use of the connection or otherwise have an agreement with the owner, then i believe connecting to the network is illegal.

stagolee

kdouglas wrote:

managed to pick up a connection in McD's on the kylemore road in dublin from the car park, but it being an eircom hotspot meant paying for it.

their two pricing options were:
a: €10 for 1 hour
b: €20 for 24 hours

the most ridiculous pricing scheme i've ever seen IMO

stagolee - in theory, with a powerful directional (yagi) antenna you can pick up a wifi connection from quite a distance (several hundred meters in some cases) but if you do not pay for the use of the connection or otherwise have an agreement with the owner, then i believe connecting to the network is illegal.

ahhh, but the hotspots that eircom have in payphones are free, right? at least thats the impression i got fromtheir website

tom-thebox

kdouglas wrote:

managed to pick up a connection in McD's on the kylemore road in dublin from the car park, but it being an eircom hotspot meant paying for it.

their two pricing options were:
a: €10 for 1 hour
b: €20 for 24 hours

the most ridiculous pricing scheme i've ever seen IMO

Thats the same pricing as I tend to pay in most hotels, example bewleys although its normally via o2.

Farls

trap4 wrote:

Aha! I'm after finding the list of eircom hotspots at last, and believe me it wasn't easy!

So, looks like there are about 10 McDs in Dublin, and 1 each in Clare, Limerick, Louth and Monaghan currently wifi enabled.

that links not working

ando

God, wireless internet in Mcdonalds? what has the world become

tom-thebox

Dont let that big mac sauce drip onto your laptops

Agent Smith

would you like files with that big mac?





i'm so so sorry

vibe666

i wonder if it's the same setup they have in the McD's in the US. if so there was an article in the 2600 mag about hacking into it and gettign unlimited time online with a little bit of jiggery pokery. not that i'd advocate such things.

especially from poor, under funded mcdonalds, when they supply such good food.

dub45

Farls wrote:

that links not working

I found the following list here

Eircom Payphone Wi-Fi Sites

These sites provide free Wi-Fi internet access within a radius of 100 metres or so of the payphones listed below. More sites are being added in other cities over the coming months.

Dublin

Abbey St
Outside Oval bar.

Liffey St
Outside of Arnotts.

Talbot St
Outside Irish Life Mall.

Abbey St Lower
Outside AIB.

Henry St
Outside of Roches Stores.

Princes St
Outside Penneys / GPO.

Pearse St
Outside the Holiday Inn.

Aston Quay
Pedestal.

College St
Garda Station / Trinity College/ BOI.

Dame St Kiosk
Dame St - near Central Bank.

Burgh Quay
Kiosk on Burgh Quay.

Merrion St Lr
Kiosk on Merrion St Lr.

Foster Place
Facing Gates of Trinity.

Georges St
Outside Dunnes Stores.

Georges St
Outside Marlow Dry Cleaners.

Dame St
Outside Central Bank.

Fownes St
Temple Bar Square West.

Merrion Square
Corner of Davenport.

Stephens Green
Top of Grafton St.

Westmoreland St
Outside Black Tie.

Baggot St
Outside Murphy Pub.

Grafton St
Bottom of Grafton St.

Dawson St
Outside 60/61 (Beside Book Store).

Molesworth St
Corner of Molesworth St and Dawson St.

Chatham St
Beside Banklink at Junction of Grafton St.

Baggot St
Outside O2 Offices.

Grafton St
Outside 60 / 61.

South King St
Kiosk outside eircom building.

Stephens Green
Near Fitzwilliam Hotel.

South Anne St
Outside Old Post Office.

O'Connell St
Outside old eircom store.

Rathmines Rd
Outside swimming pool.

Rathmines Rd
Outside library.

Rathmines Rd
Outside number 138.

Blackrock
Outside Warehouse.

Blackrock
8 / 10 Main Street.

Dun Laoighaire
41 Georges St Lr.

Dun Laoighaire
Outside Pavillion - 2 Coffee Shops.

Batchelors Walk


Eden Quay


O'Connell St Upper
Outside Hammam Buildings.

O'Connell St Upper
Outside Garda Station.

Farls

cheers for that, just a pity their all in Dublin

thanks anyway

Farlz

Agent Smith

ah... dun laoighaire....


must try it there tomorrow

ando

has anyone seen anybody take out a laptop and start working in mcdonalds?