Buy a wireless router you can pick up a wireless router as cheap as £40. To connect in public places like airports coffee shops etc have your wireless card enabled with Fn+F2. Your computer will pick up the wireless signals showing the available wireless networks usually public places like coffee shops don't have security enabled so just click connect and you will be away. Some do have security so see the person in charge of the AP to get the network key.
If the access point only accepts WPA connections, and it wants a key of under 64 characters in length, and it doesn't support Windows Connect Now ... you can't connect automatically. Instead, you have to enter the WPA key manually: When running the aforementioned Wizard, there's an option to "Manually assign a network key" that you have to pick. It seems that selecting WPA causes the Wizard to create a 64-character encryption key; it isn't uncommon for older access points to only want a 63-character (or shorter, like 50 characters in this case) key, which makes the Wizard barf. Entering the key manually lets you respect the access point's limit. The trick with Windows Connect Now is that part of the standard specifies a 64-character key, so devices supporting Connect Now will accept a 64-character key.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/bowman_wirelesssecurity.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesssetup.mspx
If the access
point only accepts WPA connections, and it wants a key of under 64
characters in length, and it doesn't support Windows Connect Now ...
you can't connect automatically. Instead, you have to enter the WPA key
manually: When running the aforementioned Wizard, there's an option to
"Manually assign a network key" that you have to pick. It seems that
selecting WPA causes the Wizard to create a 64-character encryption
key; it isn't uncommon for older access points to only want a
63-character (or shorter, like 50 characters in this case) key, which
makes the Wizard barf. Entering the key manually lets you respect the
access point's limit. The trick with Windows Connect Now is that part
of the standard specifies a 64-character key, so devices supporting
Connect Now will accept a 64-character key.