Geeks on Tour

I’ve written about this before, but I’ve learned more since then.  This is a fabulous option for Internet access on the road, especially for part time travelers because it does not require a separate contract.  It’s a feature of your cellphone contract and it can be turned on and off at will.  My phone is [...]

 
Do you have a favorite radio station at home that you miss when you’re on the road? Did you know that you can listen to just about anything you want right from your computer online?

It’s true. Hundreds of radio stations in the US and around the world broadcast over the Internet at the same time [...]

An article that Chris wrote for the Family Motor Coach magazine - reproduced here (with permission), complete with links to all the free software mentioned.

If you use client-based email like Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Eudora, or Entourage, you may experience trouble sending email from Wi-Fi hotspots. If you missed my introduction to client-based email vs. web-based email, please read Email Choices on the Road first. In today’s article I will go into detail on how to properly configure [...]

In last week’s post, I told you the good news. Wi-Fi is available lots of places, it’s inexpensive, it’s an easy way to connect to the Internet, and it’s fast. Now for the bad news: It doesn’t always work.
Wi-Fi is 2-way radio, creating a computer network. There are so many things that can go wrong [...]

Greetings from sunny and cold Arizona! I’m Chris Guld, and I blog about computer use while traveling. My husband, Jim, and I live full time in our 30 foot class C motorhome and we travel around the country giving computer seminars at rallies and RV parks. We’ve both been computer geeks for quite some time. [...]

This is a topic that has received a LOT of coverage. If you look on the ‘Articles’ page of our website, you’ll see a listing of 23 articles about Wi-Fi and at least 7 of them discuss what you can do to make it work better. There are lots of factors in Wi-Fi, and you [...]

The equipment you use to connect to a WiFi hotspot is VERY important.
Believe it or not, your equipment - computer / adapter / operating system / drivers - is just as important as the hotspot’s equipment in making the Internet connection work. It’s a two-way radio. The hotspot’s Access Points, antennas, and amplifiers are one [...]

During the FMCA (Family Motor Coach Association) Convention in Redmond 8/16 - 8/19/2004, Coach Connect installed and maintained a free Wi-Fi hotspot (wireless network.) It was located in the information center and we staffed the Computer Help Desk. We estimate that at least 500 people made use of the Wi-Fi hotspot and about 20% of [...]

Wi-Fi stands for Wireless Fidelity which is simply a marketing term to distinguish it from cellular wireless Internet. Wi-Fi technically refers to a standard called 802.11. Wireless Internet allows you to connect to the Internet, you guessed it … without any wires! The idea is that you take one broadband Internet connection such as DSL [...]