Help with first time access to WIFI in RV park ?

Question

and new to WIFI totally. The Office at the Park just gave me the coupon for a months use and said if I had problems contact the WIFI ISP (Nomad) I called them and the guy was clueless and said something about the RV Parks "Splash Page" So I thought OK that means perhaps clicking an icon at the Parkwebsite to get started. No such thing, I'm totally frustrated. Could someone walk me through this? Much appreciated. (I'm in CA)

Answer 1

Well I don't really have experience using public wifi just the one i use at home but it seems to me that the splash page that guy was talking about was the authentication page you get when you try to access the wifi. It's the same as when i try to access my school's wifi.

Basically when you connect your computer to the access point(provided you have a wireless card installed), and you open a browser you are automatically directed to the authentication page. I would assume there is a key on the coupon that you enter on that page. Though i may be mistaken.

Answer 2

How far have you gotten?  You should get a page that looks like the park's page.  (There should be instructions on the coupon, or somewhere else, with the URL to connect to.)  Leave that showing (log in if there's a login/password thing) to stay connected.  Open another tab in your browser, or another browser (your preference) to browse the web.

If you can't get that far what *do* you get?  Anything?  What version of Windows?  (I assume you have a wifi adapter, internal or external, in your computer.  Hopefully it's worked on at least one other wifi connection.)