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A valid Pasadena Library Card and
PIN
are required to access the library's wireless Internet
services.
Library cards are available at all
Pasadena locations free of charge to any resident of the
State of California. Temporary library card numbers,
which can used for certain online services (including onsite
wireless) and which can be converted to permanent library
cards within 60 days, are available
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The Pasadena Public Library is pleased to offer free wireless Internet
access to patrons with appropriately equipped wireless devices.
The service has been designed to support a
wide range of 802.11b/g (Wi-Fi) notebooks,
PDAs, and other devices.
Just launch your web browser to establish a connection to our wireless
gateway server.
If your device does not connect, review the configuration settings listed
at the bottom of this page.
The library provides and maintains this wireless network as a public
service. Patrons are responsible for the setup and configuration of
their own equipment. Library staff cannot assist in setting up laptops
to work with the wireless network.
Wireless
Internet access is available from any public room at any Pasadena Public
Library location, except the Central
Library circulating stacks.
No waiting for a free public PC
No enforced time limits
Save files to your own system
Work when and where you want to
T1 (1.54 MB) high-speed access
Digital Library eBooks, audio eBooks, and music
may be downloaded and accessed on your
laptop
No printing services available at this time
Wi-Fi networks can be less secure
Varied signal strength
In
many instances wireless devices will automatically detect the Library’s wireless
gateway
and configure themselves to use the
system. If your device does not connect right away please try the
following:
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Make
sure your wireless network adapter has been properly installed according
to the manufacturer's instructions.
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Use
the management software that came with your wireless device to confirm
that your configuration settings match the values shown below.
NETWORK
NAME or (SSID)
Pasadena Library
NETWORK MODE
Infrastructure
WEP
Disabled
IP or NETWORK SETTINGS
Obtain an IP address automatically or using DHCP
DNS
Obtain
DNS address automatically
GATEWAY
No default gateway set – your card
should detect it automatically
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Save
any modified settings and restart your device as required.
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If the terms and procedures used here aren't familiar, try
WiFi 411 Online
Hotspots Directory : Tutorials & Guides, or check with Library staff -- they
may be able to find additional instructional materials for you to use.
My laptop doesn’t see your wireless network.
Why?
- Our net is 802.11G, backward compatible to
802.11B. Is yours one of these? If not, that could be the
problem.
- Are you using a firewall? Many
firewalls prohibit the wireless connection. The easy solution is to
turn off your firewall. The better solution is to determine how to set
your firewall to allow outgoing wireless connections.
I see the Wifi, but I cannot connect.
- Are you using a firewall? Many firewalls
prohibit the wireless connection. The easy solution is to turn off your
firewall. The better solution is to determine how to set your firewall to
allow outgoing wireless connections.
- Are you using Wifi encryption? For ease of
use and universal access, we do not use any encryption, so you will need to
turn your encryption off.
My laptop says it’s connected, but my browser
can’t see anything.
- Many firewalls do not allow “redirects.”
However, whatever your homepage is, you are first redirected to our logon
page. If you do not allow redirects, you cannot logon so you cannot surf the
web. You can either turn off your firewall or learn how to allow redirects.
- Is your browser compatible? We know our
system works very well with the current versions of IE, Mozilla, and FireFox,
but we also see that many versions of Safari do not work.
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