Browser Doesn't 'See' Connection...

I'm attempting to help a friend with his wireless setup but do not know
much about it myself.

He has a Pentium 150 laptop running Win95 and uses a WaveLAN 802.11B
PCMCIA card. He can connect to a local internet cafe's free wifi hotspot
but his browser reports there is nothing found when he attempt to load a
simple site like: www.google.com.

The card's software reports a good connection but that info is not
making it to the browser (Mozilla). Any suggestions as to what to check?
The network setup says: TCP/IP => WaveLan card so the binding is correct.
The laptop has lot of ram and HD space.

Thanks in advance.

Tony Cianfaglione wrote:
> I'm attempting to help a friend with his wireless setup but do not
> know much about it myself.
>
> He has a Pentium 150 laptop running Win95 and uses a WaveLAN 802.11B
> PCMCIA card. He can connect to a local internet cafe's free wifi
> hotspot but his browser reports there is nothing found when he
> attempt to load a simple site like: www.google.com.
>
> The card's software reports a good connection but that info is not
> making it to the browser (Mozilla). Any suggestions as to what to
> check? The network setup says: TCP/IP => WaveLan card so the binding
> is correct. The laptop has lot of ram and HD space.
>
> Thanks in advance.

The problem with the hotspot is that it requires Internet Explorer. The
failure to raise the initial authentication page when connected is a
sure sign that this is an Internet Explorer only site. It happens when
the host programs their authentication around Windows API components.

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