public wifi access problem.

[Davegod75]

Okay, I'm traveling and having a few problems using my macbook to access some of those free public wifi spots.

I can access some of the free ones but the one at my hotel and one at starbucks I cannot.

I'm in Europe so Starbucks here uses btopenzone. Access is free and doesn't require a password but when I was helping someone else access the wifi with her macbook, it looks like you are directed to a landing page where you have to click on a button and then proceed.

On my computer, I never get to the landing page. I receive timeout errors from within safari and chrome.


For the hotel: it is free but apparently requires a password (not for acessing the actual wifi signal...that is totally open), which I assume means you'll be directed to a landing page when you first bring up a browser...Again, all I get is page timeout errors.

I have checked all my network settings a million times and cannot figure out why I cannot connect to these services.

What really frustates me is the lady in starbucks with her macbook. I was able to show her how to do it and she connected right away with the same computer?


Help please!!

 

[vshah]

check your DNS settings, make sure you are getting them automatically. if you've set it up for opendns or google dns, it could cause this problem

 

[Davegod75]

Ah, i had a static 208. something address in there. Removed that and now it works at starbucks but not the hotel....hmm