FYI traveling with a laptop and Vista

Originally Posted by kydsid

Interesting I have had a vista laptop for 2 years or so and travelled extensively and never had this problem.

Do you have vista configured to display the network connection icon in the sys tray? That is one of the first things I changed and with that you can always adjust your network(s) via disconnect, repair, connect, etc.

I tried everything I could think of while I was down there. I found the driver stuff on google when I got back.

Mine shows the connection on the tray. The thing is it would be connected, and when you went to a page it wouldn't pop up the login info so it never connected. I tried IE8 and FF neither one worked. My Ipod would connect just fine, but it is hard to read on such a small screen.