[ILUG] Free WiFI Hotspot in Galway?

[Stephen Reilly]

> >>> The only ones I've heard of are a hotel and a secondary school - 
> >>> neither of which are aware that anyone can use their bandwitdh!
> >> Will have to spend time searching them out :)
> > Go have a look at NUI Galway's on campus hotspots.
> > http://www.nuigalway.ie/cs/wireless/BaseStationMap.gif
> 
> Are they free? AIUI colleges restrict access to their 
> wireless networks by MAC address. Students and faculty can 
> presumably register their personal wifi kit. But perhaps the 
> Galwegians are being generous?
Sorta..
http://www.nuigalway.ie/administration_services/computer_services/wirele
ss/ "The service is free" followed by "Internet access is the only
facility provided on campus to certain visitors to NUI Galway who
provide their own Wi-Fi-enabled devices". So you might be able to work
something out. It does state that only windows or osx are supported but
that's more likely to be limited by their support staff rather than for
technical reasons.

Later,
Stephen