Dificulty joining free public wi-fi

Sometimes it takes forever for my ipad to connect to free wi-fi networks in places like airports. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process? I show that I am connected to the right network, I have good signal strength, but cannot open pages in Safari or access email.

Of course, but this was a free one and it took forever - ok, like 20 minutes - before I could finally accessa web page. I had to reboot, etc. Once it finally connected - no sweat; it just took forever.

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How to join free public wifi that's computer to computer?

There's a signal in my airport menulet labeled "free public wifi" but if I try to join it, it shows up in the airport pane of the network preference as "computer to computer" and I can't get to the internet with it.
Does anyone know what this means? or how to access this network? Thanks.

Hi Marlene
This is apparently a fake service that exploits wireless networking. You should not connect to it.
Airports - a threat to identity security
Read down to the bottom of the article for Mac security advice on how to secure your wireless networking.
Also:
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1239991&page=1
regards roam

Wifi certificate problem - free public wifi

Hi
I use a free public wifi access point at work. When I connect, there is a popup that states:
The certificate for this website is invalid. Tap accept to connect to this website anyway.
If I accept, I get redirected to https://1.1.1.1/ , where I have to tap accept to the terms and conditions.
On my macbook, I get the same error about the certificate, but I was able to install the certificate on the macbook, and I no longer have the problem.
I then tried to install the certificate on the iphone, by exporting it from keychain, and emailing it to my gmail imap account.
When I tap on the attachment, I get this error:
"Profile could not be validated. Profile is missing Version Number."
I use another university wifi access point, with which I have done the same procedure, with no issues.
Is there any way to modfiy the certificate, or to force the iphone to accept it?
Thanks

System Preferences > Network > (click Airport in the list on the left) > click Advanced > Airport tab, select "Free Public WiFi" in the list and click the - sign at the bottom.
If you're prompted to join that network in the future, click No.
"Free Public WiFi" is a computer-to-computer network that's automatically created by some Windows machines. It's a nuisance, courtesy of Bill.
http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/freepublicwif.html

New MacBook, Free Public Wifi Question

Hello All:
My aunt, who is in her seventies, bravely purchased a MacBook today. Leopard is loaded up. She has to wait until mid November for fiber optic to be installed in her building in NYC (no dsl available), so I looked at what Airport might find, and it seemed to find one unprotected network and then displayed, below a thin gray line (like the one that separates the list of networks from options like "Join Other Networks) the words "Free Public WiFi." Having failed to connect to what I thought was an unprotected network, I set my sights on this Free Public Wifi. It would not connect and asked for a pw. Is it true that the password for anything called "free public wifi" are those very words ? Any advice ? Does anyone know if there is a genuine free public wifi signal with a range around Penn South in NYC, on W 25th, between 8th and 9th ? Or know anything else she could try to ride the unprotected (aka the neighbor's) network ? I got an "an error occured" message from airport for that one. Thanks in advance for any responses to these many questions !
Message was edited by: jdvivre

I travel a lot and find my Macbook will connect to some open networks fine and will not connect to others. The problem is you do not know how the other end has their router set up.
It may be an unprotected network, but the user may have limited the number of connections able to connect to the network, or restricted the number of available IP addresses for that connection.
The most important thing is be very careful of any network that says "free" or "public". I have read many articles about people who will set up a false networks in an attempt to get your personal info. You most likely will be able to connect to the network, but will not have internet access. Be careful.

My iPhone 4s cannot join a public unsecured network but my iPad and macbook can. I have reset the network settings twice. Both times it worked, but only for a few minutes. What can I do?

My iphone 4s cannot join a public unsecured network, but my ipad and macbook can with no problems. I have reset the network settings on the iphone twice. Both times that fixed the problem but only for a few minutes, then I get the "cannot join network" message again. Please help! What can I do?

Anyone have any ideas or information to help with this? Any help and consideration is MUCH appreciated.

The Mystery Of Free Public WiFi

Almost everywhere I travel, I see a Computer-to-Computer network listed call 'Free Public Wi-Fi'. Clearly that's not what it is (oh, and I can see it now, in some hotel in the armpit of Ohio), so I guess it must be some bizarre PC phenomenon that has lots of Windows users broadcasting an ad hoc network called "Free Public Wi-Fi". So, I'm just curious... does anybody know exactly what's behind this madness?

SeaBeast,
I assume your answer is well intentioned, so thank you for trying to be helpful.
In all my time of traveling, I have not seen a genuine wi-fi network called 'Free Public Wi-Fi'. Free networks in hotels tend to have some other name. The one I am using right now is called "hhonors4", for example - it's in a Hilton hotel. The "Free Public WiFI" I am talking about appears in the Mac's list of Computer-to-Computer networks, indicating is not an wireless access point at all, but another computer, and is therefore very unlikely to be a form of wireless access.
I've done some digging around, and it seems this is some kind of attack intended to dupe people into creating a computer to computer network, thinking they are getting free Wi-Fi access. On PCs, it's harder to spot that this is not a wireless access point (I understand Windows calls these 'ad hoc' networks and uses icons to distinguish them from WAPs). Given how many of these I have been seeing, there may be a virus at work, infecting PCs in a way that has them trying to create wireless networks called 'Free Public WiFi' without their users realizing it, for what purpose and at what risk I do not know.
There's an article that talks about this at:
http://www.scmagazine.com.au/feature/3233,airports--a-threat-to-identity-securit y.aspx
It makes a big deal about airports, but I have also seen these networks in other places (like this hotel), which makes me think it is not a deliberate act of the PC owner, but rather something that results from an infection. The article is not terribly conclusive.
This is different, but related to, honeypot attacks where wireless access points are set up, often at airports, with the deliberate intention of getting IDs and other data from unaware users. More about these at:
http://www.netstumbler.com/2004/02/16/wirelesshoneypottrickery/
So, I'm still trying to figure this out, and would love some definitive information from somebody who knows, but I'm pretty sure no one should follow SeaBeast's (presumably well intentioned) advice and actually connect to one of these networks. (I suspect PC users are the ones at risk, as few people bother to code virus for the less common Mac, but that's a risky assumption.)
Oh, and by the way, if you do connect one time, just to see what happens, your Mac will remember it and 'helpfully connect' you every time it sees 'Free Public WiFi' forever more, and without telling you. To solve that problem, you need to change your Network Preferences.
I'll keep researching away, but would be delighted if anybody who already has this mystery solved could post their findings.

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Where to find free public WCF services.

There are many sites which provides free public webservices like webservices.net , do we have any for free public WCF services? Sorry, I do not want webservices url as an answer.

Hi,
Since WCF in most cases deal with standard SOAP based webservices, you can find some existing public service for testing:
Bing Maps SOAP Services
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc980922.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966738.aspx
Bing Maps REST Serviceshttps://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701713.aspx
Regards

SBSH Calendar Pro public beta released - available for free download!

Hi all!
We've just released our first version of SBSH Calendar Pro, initially released today as public beta and available for free download to all users!
In a nutshell, the goal of Calendar Pro is to offer a powerful personal information manager (PIM) that replaces the built-in Calendar and Tasks applications on your BlackBerry device with a more robust time management system. Calendar Pro brings integrated display and management that allow you to manage both appointments and tasks in one solution, innovative item editing dialogs with: tab-based interface, full screen note preview, field-icons and much more!
While in initial public beta stages the application is available for free download (and also doesn't include any future limitations, so it will continue to operate). It is important to mention that future versions of the application are planned to be commercial eventually (this is something I believe is important to clear), but at these initial stage we would like to get many users to help us with feedback about the application development and in return we decided to go with this free public beta phase that we hope will help us receive more feedback from our users in return
Users that would like to read more about the new public beta version can find the complete information and download details at the following URL:
http://forums.sbsh.net/index.php?showtopic=24629
As mentioned above, if you decided to take Calendar Pro for a try we invite you to post back with your experience and please be sure to post back with any new ideas, features requests and so on that you have - with this information we will structure upcoming public beta versions that will be out every week or so from now, and hopefully within a few more updates we will also get closer to the first official release.
The road for the new Calendar Pro is still long (we are aware to this), but we hope that with the help of our users we will be able to bring a new fine product to the market! We really hope that you will enjoy the new PIM application and that indeed there is a need for such new applications in the BlackBerry market as we think there is
Cheers!
Message Edited by Avishay on 02-23-2009 04:51 AM

Good day all!
As we continue with the development of Calendar Pro for BlackBerry I'm excited to post today a new public beta version of Calendar Pro to version 0.9.2!
Following the successful release of the first public beta version we've moved forward in full speed and implemented with this new public beta version many of the features that were raised by our users here on the forums along with many bug fixes that were reported since the first public beta version was released a few weeks ago. Similar to the first public beta version, this new public beta version is also available as free download to all users - you will find the download links for the new version towards the bottom of my post here!
For those of you who still didn't had a chance to check the first version release of Calendar Pro we invite you to Click here to read the first public beta version release post to get more familiar with Calendar Pro.
What's new in Calendar Pro 0.92?
1. Monthly view and Weekly view receives a new preview pane!
With this new version both the Monthly view and the Weekly view now include a new preview pane placed at the bottom of the views, allowing you to easily see what are the events for the currently selected day (on the Monthly view) or the currently highlighted item (for the Weekly view). The new preview pane addition greatly enhances the overall usability of the two views by bringing more real content to the user when using these views. Using the Weekly view without the preview pane as with the previous version didn't provide much information to the user and therefore we are positive that this addition will be really important for users and hope you will enjoy this new addition!
2. Task Remidners
Following a lot of requests for such addition, the new version finally introduce task reminders support! This means you can now also configure reminder values for your tasks easily within Calendar Pro task editors We plan to continue and enhance this direction some more with future upcoming update and would love to hear your input on this section and how things are working here too.
3. Full task category editing capabilities
Using the new version you will now also enjoy complete task category editing capabilities such as adding new categories, editing existing category names and deleting exiting categories from your list of categories
At this stage categories management is only available for tasks due to some technical limitation that we are having, but we are working to see how we can have this added for appointments too with upcoming public beta versions of course
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As with any new version you will find lots of additional improvements and bug fixes! I'm afraid that we don't have a specific list of all of these changes that were implemented with this new latest version, but you should be able to find many of the different various reports fixed with this new version and things working far better! We of course plan to continue working towards this direction with our upcoming updates and continue and develop Calendar Pro to become a robust time management solution for BlackBerry users
Downloading Calendar Pro for BlackBerry 0.92
Calendar Pro can be downloaded for free for all of our forum registered members. Users who are not registered to our forums can register our forums for free by Clicking here! .Registering our forums should take a few moments.
We request users to register our forums in order to download Calendar Pro with the hope that this will be a good incentive or users to post back at our forums after trying Calendar Pro and give us their feedback on the first public beta, what features would they like to see and together help us push the development in the best direct possible while we will continue to introduce new public beta versions in upcoming weeks. Since our users feedback is very important to us we hope that users who will register our forums will be posting back with their experience this way Your feedback is highly important to us as part of the development process.
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* When upgrading from the previous version we recommend to uninstall the previous version before installing this new update.
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Probleme avec IOS 5 - connection free wifi public (France)

Bonjour à vous.
Voici mon soucis :
j'ai un ipod 4, depuis la Maj en IOS 5.0 et 5.0.1 je n'arrive plus à joindre le réseaux wifi free public en France, dans réglages / wi-fi... la roue tourne tout le temps sans s'arrêter et sans cocher pour prévenir que je suis en wifi... (mais j'arrive à faire cocher pour sfr wifi public et autres, et à accéder aux réseaux wifi) .
cela, depuis la Maj IOS 5, car quand j'étais en IOS 4.3.5 il n'y avait pas de soucis !!!
je vous remercie d'avance de votre aide... si vous avez des idées, car j'ai déja fait quelques petites choses comme :
- remetttre un system en mode DFU etc...
- d'oublier ce réseau..
- arrêter le wifi et le remettre..
mais rien n'y fait !!!
- et aller à l'Apple store de Paris, mais personne comprend mon soucis et peut m'aider...
merci beaucoup car j'en peux plus de tourner en rond aussi.
Erwan
[email protected]

Yes, look at this: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16362606#16362606

AP 1131ag not able to join with WLC 4402

In some of my spare time, I've been trying to get this AP to join with this WLC. It's been about two weeks now. I'm not sure what the problem is. I think that there are a few possible issues, but I'm asking the more experienced & knowledgeable support community. I did convert the autonomous AP to a LAP. So here are some outputs:
AP sh ver
AP0014.6956.6926#sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, C1130 Software (C1130-K9W8-M), Version 12.4(25e)JAO3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 18-Dec-13 20:53 by prod_rel_team
ROM: Bootstrap program is C1130 boot loader
BOOTLDR: C1130 Boot Loader (C1130-BOOT-M) Version 12.3(2)JA3, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
AP0014.6956.6926 uptime is 2 hours, 11 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:/c1130-k9w8-mx.124-25e.JAO3/c1130-k9w8-mx.124-25e.JAO3"
This product contains cryptographic features and is subject to United
States and local country laws governing import, export, transfer and
use. Delivery of Cisco cryptographic products does not imply
third-party authority to import, export, distribute or use encryption.
Importers, exporters, distributors and users are responsible for
compliance with U.S. and local country laws. By using this product you
agree to comply with applicable laws and regulations. If you are unable
to comply with U.S. and local laws, return this product immediately.
A summary of U.S. laws governing Cisco cryptographic products may be found at:
http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto/tool/stqrg.html
If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to
[email protected].
cisco AIR-LAP1131AG-A-K9 (PowerPCElvis) processor (revision A0) with 27638K/5120K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FTX0924T1NR
PowerPCElvis CPU at 262Mhz, revision number 0x0950
Last reset from power-on
LWAPP image version 7.3.1.72
1 FastEthernet interface
2 802.11 Radio(s)
32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:14:69:56:69:26
Part Number                          : 73-8962-07
PCA Assembly Number                  : 800-24818-06
PCA Revision Number                  : C0
PCB Serial Number                    : FOC092238UU
Top Assembly Part Number             : 800-25544-01
Top Assembly Serial Number           : FTX0924T1NR
Top Revision Number                  : A0
Product/Model Number                 : AIR-AP1131AG-A-K9
Configuration register is 0xF
WLC sh sysinfo
Manufacturer's Name.............................. Cisco Systems Inc.
Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller
Product Version.................................. 4.2.205.0
RTOS Version..................................... 4.2.205.0
Bootloader Version............................... 4.2.205.0
Build Type....................................... DATA + WPS
System Name...................................... wlcVA010a03a01
System Location..................................
System Contact...................................
System ObjectID.................................. 1.3.6.1.4.1.14179.1.1.4.3
IP Address....................................... 10.10.1.1
System Up Time................................... 4 days 0 hrs 54 mins 42 secs
Configured Country............................... US - United States
Operating Environment............................ Commercial (0 to 40 C)
Internal Temp Alarm Limits....................... 0 to 65 C
Internal Temperature............................. +39 C
State of 802.11b Network......................... Enabled
State of 802.11a Network......................... Enabled
Number of WLANs.................................. 1
3rd Party Access Point Support................... Disabled
Number of Active Clients......................... 0
Burned-in MAC Address............................ 00:18:73:35:DC:40
Crypto Accelerator 1............................. Absent
Crypto Accelerator 2............................. Absent
Power Supply 1................................... Absent
Power Supply 2................................... Present, OK
WLC debug lwapp errors enable
Fri Jan 24 16:55:15 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 LWAPP Join Request does not include valid certificate in CERTIFICATE_PAYLOAD from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0.
Fri Jan 24 16:55:15 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Unable to free public key for AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0
Fri Jan 24 16:55:15 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Decoding Join Request failed for AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0
Fri Jan 24 16:55:20 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 LWAPP Join Request does not include valid certificate in CERTIFICATE_PAYLOAD from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0.
Fri Jan 24 16:55:20 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Unable to free public key for AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0
Fri Jan 24 16:55:20 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Decoding Join Request failed for AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0
WLC debug lwapp events enable
Fri Jan 24 16:52:20 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Received LWAPP DISCOVERY REQUEST from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on port '1'
Fri Jan 24 16:52:20 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Successful transmission of LWAPP Discovery Response to AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 on port 1
Fri Jan 24 16:52:20 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Received LWAPP DISCOVERY REQUEST from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on port '1'
Fri Jan 24 16:52:20 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Successful transmission of LWAPP Discovery Response to AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 on port 1
Fri Jan 24 16:52:31 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Received LWAPP JOIN REQUEST from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 to 06:0a:10:10:00:00 on port '1'
Fri Jan 24 16:52:31 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 LWAPP Join Request does not include valid certificate in CERTIFICATE_PAYLOAD from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0.
Fri Jan 24 16:52:31 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Unable to free public key for AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0
Fri Jan 24 16:52:31 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Decoding Join Request failed for AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0
Fri Jan 24 16:52:36 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Received LWAPP JOIN REQUEST from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 to 06:0a:10:10:00:00 on port '1'
Fri Jan 24 16:52:36 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 LWAPP Join Request does not include valid certificate in CERTIFICATE_PAYLOAD from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0.
Fri Jan 24 16:52:36 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Unable to free public key for AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0
Fri Jan 24 16:52:36 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 Decoding Join Request failed for AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0
WLC debug pm pki enable
Fri Jan 24 16:49:45 2014: sshpmGetIssuerHandles: invalid args (0x13d7edd0/0x13d7edd4/0x13d7edd8/0x30231b14/0)
Fri Jan 24 16:49:45 2014: sshpmFreePublicKeyHandle: called with (nil)
Fri Jan 24 16:49:45 2014: sshpmFreePublicKeyHandle: NULL argument.
Fri Jan 24 16:49:50 2014: sshpmGetIssuerHandles: invalid args (0x13d91320/0x13d91324/0x13d91328/0x30231b14/0)
Fri Jan 24 16:49:50 2014: sshpmFreePublicKeyHandle: called with (nil)
Fri Jan 24 16:49:50 2014: sshpmFreePublicKeyHandle: NULL argument.
Thanks!
Leon

cisco AIR-LAP1131AG-A-K9 (PowerPCElvis) processor (revision A0) with 27638K/5120K bytes of memory.WLC sh sysinfoManufacturer's Name.............................. Cisco Systems Inc.Product Name..................................... Cisco ControllerProduct Version.................................. 4.2.205.0RTOS Version..................................... 4.2.205.0Bootloader Version............................... 4.2.205.0Build Type....................................... DATA + WPSFri Jan 24 16:55:20 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 LWAPP Join Request does not include valid certificate in CERTIFICATE_PAYLOAD from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0.Fri Jan 24 16:52:36 2014: 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0 LWAPP Join Request does not include valid certificate in CERTIFICATE_PAYLOAD from AP 00:13:5f:f8:94:f0.
adding to Above .
Manually add self-signed certificates (SSCs) to a Cisco Wireless LAN (WLAN) Controller (WLC).
you can manually add the SSC to the WLC.
these kind problems occure with Lightweight AP Protocol (LWAPP)-converted AP.
Via GUI:
Choose Security > AP Policies and click Enabled beside Accept Self Signed Certificate.
Select SSC from the Certificate Type drop-down menu.
Enter the MAC address of the AP and the hash key, and click Add.
Via CLI:
Enable Accept Self Signed Certificate on the WLC. The command is config auth-list ap-policy ssc enable.
(Cisco Controller) >config auth-list ap-policy ssc enable
Add the AP MAC address and hash key to the authorization list,The command is config auth-list add ssc AP_MAC AP_key .
(Cisco Controller) >config auth-list add ssc
More to check here:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6366/products_configuration_example09186a00806a426c.shtml.
Also mention by Scott that this is very old version on WLC.Please upgrade it.
Hope ite helps.
REgards
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TS1398 Where do you get passwords for wiFi networks that pop up under "choose a network"? When I tap one it asks for a password. When I tap "join" nothing happens (join is also faded).

How do you find out who is operating a network and how do you then contact them for a password?

Copied from my previous post.
If you don't have access to an available wi-fi network - one that is password locked/protected, you can't join that network - not unless you know the owner of the network and the owner gives you permission to access the network, which means giving you the password for the network.
If the wireless network is not locked/password protected, you should be able to join it. If a free public wi-fi network, many require agreeing to their terms of use which is done via a web page with Safari. A free public wi-fi network at a restaurant that I frequent requires logging in each time with a website provided - without a user name and password. My iPhone connects to the network automatically but I won't have internet access until I login with the website provided automatically with Safari.

I'm trying to log into a public network and while the fan blade shows I have a connection I can not get the user agreement to load in Safari. This was working until yesterday, what changed?

I've reset my network settings. I've cleared cache and cookies in the browser. Before yesterday the login screen would appear anytime I attempted to use an app or program that required internet access. Pretty much every program. Now I have a brick tablet at work. I've reset everything I can find. I'm at a dead end.
I've seen other ipads that had the auto login togle and auto join togle under network selection, my ipad does not have those options. Logging in at home is working fine on my private network. This public network is not being reset or forgotten when I choose "forget network" or Safari is blocking the login page and I don't know how to un block it.

Well, when I join a public wifi, a log in page displays a few seconds later, displaying the user agreement. But, earlier today, I was trying to connect my friend's 3GS to a public wifi, and it did not show up. So. I don't really know what happen. I think you should toggle the auto Join to on.

Previously succesful public wifi connection no longer works for Ipod Touch?

I work at a small airport in canada. Free public wifi is available via an Aliant Hotspot. I've used my Laptop on many occasions there. When i purchased my Ipod touch, 4th generation, it worked fine too. Until recently. Now, the touch recognizes that the network is there. it connects, or so it appears, but the welcome page will not load to allow me access to the interent. Please help me! Normally, as soon as i choose my hotspot network, the welcome page comes up, allows me to select my language.... legal agreements... another page as a welcome, and then full access the internet.... now nothing.
I'd be so grateful for some help!

Diane,
You're very welcome, I know that is some kind frustrating when a problem appears and it's quite difficult to find the solution.
So let's trying with this:
Based on your feedback it seems that the iPod is receiving correct data from the router, what we can try here is the following:
Connect the iPod touch into the network, and copy the network data (IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS) into a piece of paper, then in the iPod Options of the network, there must be a button indicating DHCP, now press a button that must say Manually and the network data will be erased, then you must capture the information that you had copied in the paper.
When you finish, wait a couple of seconds and then do a test.
Here I have a question, you said that the iPod worked fine until recently, so another tip is try to connect your iPod to another network, this may discard that the problem with your iPod could be a hardware problem.
But first try with the insertion of the data manually.
We keep in touch!,
:: Appletoch ::

Can't connect to free pubic wifi.

For some reason my imac won't connect to free public wifi.
I have no problem jumping on other open signals and use an airport extreme at home without problem.
I have it set to configure IPv4 using DHCP and have the standard extra server numbers. I've turned off IPv6.
Is there something wrong with my network settings that is preventing me from getting on the public wifi?

I'm referring to one of the many free public wifi areas in NYC. For instance, I can be in Bryant Park in midtown and my partner can get on the internet but not me!
This is what Bryant Park tells me about using their wifi:
To use the Wireless Network, you will need a laptop or handheld device with an 802.11b/g compatible wireless card or built in 802.11b/g wireless capability.
Configure your software
1. Configure your Wireless card to the following:
Network name/SSID – bryantpark.org
Mode – Infrastructure
Authentication – Open
Encryption/WEP – Disabled
2. Configure your Network settings to:
All TCP/IP options – DHCP or Auto
3. Configure your Web Browser so it is NOT set to use a proxy server
Connect to the network
1. Launch your web browser. The Bryant Park Wireless Network portal will appear.
2. Read the Terms of Service, then click “I Agree” if you choose to proceed.
3. Your Internet home page or the page you requested will load.
4. Start surfing!

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