Connected to "open wireless network" but can't open web pages

Anyone ever to joined a "public" open network but failed to open web pages?
Twice I have entered a hotspot (Texas Highway Dept. Rest Area & an Air Force base recreation hall) and received the "Do you want to join the open network ...." prompt but once joined with full signal strength, I can't open any web pages.
Tried several variations of "Automatic" in Network prefs. I could join the network no problem and always got the green "connected to the internet via Airport" indicator. Same connection setup joins typical hotel and other hotspots no sweat.

Hi Tim-
If your Mac has been sleeping when you pull into the Texas Rest Area, and you hit the 'connect to open network'...
You might want to try a full restart of the mac, and try again.
If this has only happened twice to you (out of how many open networks that have been successful?)...then that's not a bad track record.
DNS is likely the issue, as mentioned here. A cure-all can often be a 'restart the mac', which might make some mac users gasp...gives you a chance to pretend you're a PC

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