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- Most free wireless is not secure—be very careful where you log in and what files are on your computer. (Don’t know why this is important? See “Why Secure Matters” below.)
- Commercial establishments (airports, hotels, coffee shops, etc) require you to check in and agree to their terms and conditions. Ask at the front desk or the employees for how to register if you are not redirected to the gateway page.
- You must open the browser first and register or agree to the terms and conditions before any other program (such as mail programs, chat programs, online help resources for Word and other programs, etc.) will be able to connect to the internet.
- You will probably have to register every day in hotels, etc., because they traditionally reset everything once a day. (In the case of hotels, it's usually in the afternoon because checkout is typically late morning.)
- Unless you know the wireless is high-speed and has little traffic, try using the basic client of Zimbra, by clicking on the link that says basic on the log in page, or go to https://mail.carleton.edu/h/. This will load much faster than the advanced client.
- Need to access your Home, Courses, or Collab folders? You still can, just not as conveniently as from on campus. Go to https://home.its.carleton.edu/, and you will be able to log into the web interface for the network folders.
- When free wireless is advertised, make sure that there is a named provider and that it isn’t always listed as free wi-fi. Recently, there have been a rash of businesses that are providing free wireless, and the provider is monitoring all that occurs on the network. Big name wireless providers are still the most trustworthy.
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