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Hotspots are locations with public Wireless Access Points where you can connect your mobile Computer s (such as a Laptop or a PDA ) to Internet , using standard Wlan ( Wi-fi ) technology. Most new laptops come with adaptors built in, and on some hotspot locations it is even possible to borrow a PCMCIA adaptor.

Hotspots are often found near Restaurants , Train Station s, Airport s, Café s, Libraries and other public places.

A commercial hotspot may feature:


However, many hotspots are open and free for use, either set up by the public or by a commercial enterprise hoping to use it to attract customers.

, SurfSpot (New Zealand) and Surf2Go are Public Wireless LAN providers. Also certain PodHotSpots.

ZoneCD is a GNU/Linux LiveCD to easily set up hotspots.

A "poisoned hotspot" refers to a free public hotspot set up by Identity Thieves or other malicious individuals for the purpose of "sniffing" the information being sent by the user.

Today many Universities and School s have Wireless Network s in their campus.


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