Wifi available while traveling, no internet. Help?

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Wifi available while traveling, no internet. Help?

Even though this isn't one of my main priorities, whenever I travel from college from home, which is a good 10 hours, I try to use internet, and my macbook pro says there is wifi, but no internet. I usually take a greyhound or trailways bus back, which says there is wifi. I have seen it and it says on my laptop there is wifi, just no internet, and I don't know much about the wifi signal. Is there a certain way I can get it fixed so I can get my internet working? Anything will help. Thanks!

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Nov 24, 2012 7:05 PM

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Answer 1

Russa

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Nov 24, 2012 7:29 PM in response to jasonb6214

What do you see when yo click on the wifi "fan" in the AppleOS menu bar?

Are there any seclectable wifi hotspots available to you that you recognize? Clickon one of them? What heppans?

Does greyhound have wifi onthe bus available to passengers?

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jasonb6214 Author

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Nov 24, 2012 7:47 PM in response to Russa

How do I get to AppleOS menu bar? I'm not incredibly familiar with computers

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jasonb6214 Author

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Nov 24, 2012 7:49 PM in response to Russa

Oh yeah. They do have a specific wifi spot for the greyhound bus and some wifi connections that are just in the surrounding area. When I click on them, it says there is a full connection at least for wifi, but I don't get any internet. And yes, wifi is available for all people travelling on the bus. I'm wondering if there's just a certain thing wrong with my network preferences

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Russa

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Nov 25, 2012 3:39 PM in response to jasonb6214

When you select the wifi by clicking on it, do you have Safari opened up... usually on "free" wifi, you have to logon their website thru Safari, to register yourself as a user, then you will connect to the internet.

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etresoft

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Nov 25, 2012 4:46 PM in response to jasonb6214

I seriously doubt that would work. I just don't see Greyhound being able to pull something like that off.

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LuLu928

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Jun 13, 2015 10:50 AM in response to Russa

THANK YOU! That worked!

Can you help get rid of the nasty smell on this bus, too?!

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jvl13t

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Nov 25, 2016 2:05 PM in response to jasonb6214

I know this post is probably outdated by now, but I have been experiencing the same exact issues while on greyhound and also with some other hot spots. I found this thread while looking for an easy solution and then did some experimenting of my own. What I (finally) found to work almost every time is this: when trying to connect to a hot spot that requires an authentication page to log in, if the authentication page will not show up but he wifi signal is there.....

1. Go into wifi settings. When connected to the hot spot network you wish to use, click the "i" information icon next to the network name

2. Right below the first box on the information page where it says you are connecting to an unsecure network is a link saying "learn more about recommended settings for wifi"

This link usually brings you to Apple support but almost always it forces the authentication page open. If it doesn't work the first time try turning wifi on and off. I had a few hiccups but it's the only method I've found to work 90% of the time

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Briana.

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Mar 23, 2017 3:53 PM in response to jvl13t

Thank you so much! This worked for me so I'm using the greyhound internet to show my appreciation :D

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