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Date:  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:42:00 +0200
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From:  Stan Goodman <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] OS/2 Wireless FAQ

** Reply to message from Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> on
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:52:02 -0500


> On 12/21/2004 03:44 am, Igor Pool thus wrote :
> 
> >Lewis,
> >
> >A big thanks for your efforts to date on OS/2 and getting wireless.
> >  
> >
> Well, thanks, Igor. It's only my little part to play in the scheme of 
> things. :-)
> 
> >The only thing that springs to mind for inclusion in your FAQ would be a definition/explanation for a hotspot. 
> >  
> >
> Yes, this is good to put in. Thanks for reminding me!
> 
> >Hopefully my southern hemisphere definition is similar to yours as I'd define
> a hotspot as a public wifi access 
> >point usually located in cafes, bars, restaurants, shopping malls, libraries, educational institutes, airport 
> >terminals, etc. Access maybe free or chargable depending on the service provider.
> >
> >  
> >
> Exactly. I couldn't have said it better myself. The follow on to this 
> will be a brief discussion of captive portals for authentication at 
> hotspots, linked to a question concerning why one may not be able to 
> simply boot up and check for mail (because one may need to authenticate 
> to the captive portal via a browser window, first).

As you've mentioned, there is a FAQ and there is a How-to. Isn't the above
better placed in the How-to?

A FAQ that is very large may not serve its purpose as well as one that is more
sparse, thus lending itself to easy location of truly burning questions that
afflict everyone ("frequently"). That's why they are called *Frequently* Asked
questions ("F" may have different meanings in different contexts). Perhaps the
document you are writing now is a "Guide", of which the FAQ is a digest
containing brief questions for the truly uninitiated and equally brief answers.

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

"When your enemy falls, do not rejoice." -- Proverbs 24:17

"Oh, look at that cloud; it looks like a big funnel with mobile homes stuck in it." -- Harry Solomon, in "Third Rock From The Sun"
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