Sudden loss of activity on laptop

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:39:39 +0100, Ratchett wrote in :

Check with the operator of the hotspot.

I e mailed my local council but if the last mail is anything to go by I'll wait forever for an answer. trying to phone them is out of the question. hence the query here. Thanks anyway.

Have you tried rebooting rather than letting your laptop hibernate?

I always turn off the laptop after each 'session' so it gets rebooted a few times a day. Tried turning off firewall and did a system restore to a few days before it stopped working, all to no avail.

Just wondering if you did the typical shut the lid rather than a reboot (rebooting usually clears the caches)... Happen to try it on any other hotspots? If it works on others but not on that one, I would suspect that specific hotspot itself... Don't know where you are, but can you go by a place that has paid wireless (like many mcd's, motels, flying j's, airports, etc) and at least see a splash screen? (splash screen = beg for money screen/or at least subscribe)... Obviously don't pay anything, just see if it works on another hotspot.. Should narrow down if it is your computer or the hotspots....

I went to the top of the street and found two unsecured open ones, I couldn't connect to one but easily connected to the other, checked my mail was working then got off, hopefully they won't mind! I guess it must be therefore the "other end" and there is nothing I can do. Maybe the council will have it working again soon, this dial up now seems so slow and I can't get to some things that I've gotten used to watching, tv etc. won't work. Thanks for your help.