Any card that has been certified for compliance with the Wi-Fi wireless LAN standard (IEE 802.11b/g) can be used with the AT&T wireless service. For a list of qualified vendors, please visit the Wi-Fi Alliance Association Website.

Residents, businesses, students, visitors, schools, universities, colleges, and City and County employees will all benefit from widespread, mobile access to the internet. Anyone with a laptop, game system, or phone that has wi-fi will be able to connect throughout the City. Businesses will be able to get higher speed business quality connections as well.

Wi-Fi Network Interface Cards (NICs) are available from major networking vendors such as Lucent,, Cisco, 3Com, Linksys, SMC, Intel, Sony, Symbol, Xircom and Buffalo. Recently, most new portable computing devices include an embedded 802.11b Wi-Fi comliant network interface. In addition, you can purchase a NIC from your favorite computer or electronic stores. NICs are also available through many on-line vendors.

You may need to purchase wireless access to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot unless you can find a free site. Starbucks uses T-Mobile for internet access.

You can’t connect directly to a node with a Wi-Fi card, but you can connect if there is a wireless access point plugged into the node. Wi-Fi cards, such as a PCMCIA card used in a laptop, are designed to connect to wireless access points. Although nodes in a WCN use Wi-Fi equipment, they only talk to each other to route network traffic and do not act as wireless access points. Therefore you can’t connect to a node directly with a Wi-Fi card.

The only software you will need is the software driver for your Wi-Fi 802.11b wireless network card and an Internet-ready web browser. The FASTPASS Wi-Fi service requires no additional software. Use your existing Wi-Fi connection software to connect to the FASTPASS Wi-Fi network (SSID = "FASTPASS") NOTE: If you receive an error page, type in any public URL such as yahoo.com and you should be redirected to the FASTPASS Wi-Fi Splash page.

You can connect with an 802.11b/g enabled PC or Apple Macintosh. You can also connect with WI-FI enabled PDAs (personal digital assistants).

Configure your existing Wi-Fi router to use DHCP for the Internet, or WAN connection. Configure and verify that the MM2211 is working in Bridge Mode. Directly connect the MM2211 with the WAN port on the existing Wi-Fi router using an Ethernet cable. The existing Wi-Fi router should be able to obtain a DHCP address from your Metro ISP's network through the MM2211.

quot;Ha, ha, ha," is the response we get from Bell South when we question the availability of a DSL line. We "bearly" have phone service period. We cannot get cable, DSL, or anything high speed. So, No is the answer on that one.

No, Verizon Wireless does not currently provide Wi-Fi services. Wi-Fi is a wireless technology utilizing unlicensed spectrum that is provided by hotels, restaurants, and other service providers within a small radius of said business or provider. These areas of connectivity are known as “hotspots”. Wi-Fi connections also require different hardware that may or may not be built into your PC.

To connect to WiZ, first you need to be within indoor range of a WiZ HotSpot. Secondly, you need to have your Wi-Fi client adapter properly configured. If you satisfy both requirements, just open your web browser and WiZ will automatically ask for your username and password.