Sonic.net Hotspot Portal

Welcome to this Sonic.net Hotspot Portal. Before logging in, your free access to the Internet will be limited to this and a handful of other sites and services. For full access, please log in.

For assistance, please call us, toll free, at 1 (888) 766-4233.

How much does it cost?

$3.50 Day-pass

Free with Sonic.net Account

Sonic.net hotspots require an active Sonic.net Basic Internet Service account. To use this or any other Sonic.net wireless hotspot, log into our system via a VPN tunnel. To obtain a one-day pass, please use our Day Pass Sign-up Form.

How do I use this?

Create a VPN tunnel to ipsec.vpn.sonic.net. Log in using your Sonic.net account name and password. The Cisco VPN Clients available below are preconfigured and should work on any recent release of your operating system. When configuring your own VPN client to use Sonic.net Hotspots, use the following:

Host: ipsec.vpn.sonic.net
Group Auth Name: "Standard VPN"
Password: "standard"

note: We strongly recommend using the Cisco VPN Client available below as it uses certificate-based authentication that is unavailable to other clients at this time.

Software

The following files will help you establish the necessary VPN connection to make use of this access point:

Cisco VPN Client for Microsoft Windows Release Notes

Cisco VPN client for Macintosh OS

Cisco VPN Client for Linux Install Notes

note: VPN client software last updated February 10, 2006
The Cisco VPN Client above will use highly-secure certificate-based authentication and peer validation via a pre-packaged certificate. For this reason, we suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the Cisco VPN client via the installers above if you have a prior version installed so you can take advantage of this enhanced connection mode.
Use of the Cisco VPN client to establish connections with other servers is possible, but not supported by Sonic.net, Inc.

Come back to this page from time to time as we continue to develop our wireless access system. Configuration guides, and answers to frequently asked questions are coming soon.