I hope this is an okay place for my question. If not, be nice. I'm old.

OS 10.4.8, iBook G4

I'm going on a cruise and have asked the ship line about net access. I
received this reply:

(snipped)
"Also available onboard:

Wi-Fi (Wireless Internet Access)

There will be six designated *"Hot Spots" onboard the ship. Guests will
need to check onboard for the designated spots.

To use our RC WI-FI wireless internet access guests need:
- Their own laptop
- Windows operating system
- 802.11b Wireless networking capability

Guests who do not have a wireless ready laptop may obtain a wireless
card at the Guest Relations desk."

Do I really need a Windows machine to use their network? (Seems weird
since my home network is accessed by both Windows and Mac.)

If I don't, what do I have to do to my settings and system to get onto
their network? I assume a password, but where?

Melba's Jammin' earthlink.net> wrote:

Highly unlikely. It could be that some autmatic login script or other
depends on Windows. but it should not be hard at all to connect. In the
worst case you might need to copy some settings from a Win machine such
as router address (may be entered in System Preferences --> Network -- >
AirPort --> TCP/IP) or proxy address (normally entered in the browser's
preferences).

Maybe like in airport hotspots: You open a browser, and it goes only to
the hotspot login page, and when you have logged in (meaning: paid) you
can continue to other sites.

Melba's Jammin' earthlink.net> wrote:

No (he said, confidently). They're just talking thru their hats. They
probably have no idea what a wireless network is; they're just saying
what someone told them to say. That, at least, is what I've found to be
true in other, similar situations (e.g. jury duty wireless access).

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If she is going on a Royal Caribbean ship they are not just talking
through their hats. She did not say which cruise line but for some
idiotic reason Royal Caribbean International has set it up so that...

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In article news.iphouse.com>,
Melba's Jammin' earthlink.net> wrote:

There's also a User-Agent-Switcher for Firefox that's served me well for
these situations. Many pages work fine with Firefox, but they're
programmed to only allow Windows IE. Here's the link:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/

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Melba's Jammin' earthlink.net> wrote:

I had a feeling you were going on Royal Caribbean as I have been on a
bunch of cruises on different cruise lines and they are the only one
that says Windows only and seem to go out of their way to prevent Macs
to use their wireless network. Very odd.