Connecting a wireless router/access point to a hotel room's highspeed interent?

[miston]

Say a hotel doesn't have wireless internet, but it has high speed internet via an ethernet port.

Since wireless routers are SO cheap, it would almost be worth just picking up a cheaper one JUST to use for this purpose. And since you'd be in the same room with it, any cheap one would do.

Question is, how hard is it to setup? I mean, I've setup a wireless router on my home machine, but I'm not sure if I can just add a wireless router/AP to a hotel's network without having to have access to their system?

thanks!

 

[Relayer]

some motels have you login with your room number etc. to a default web page that comes up. otherwise if it is just on a lan with open internet and an ip address, you could easily use an ap or router.

 

[ktwebb]

I wouldn't try to use the routing functionality. Just use the AP if you have an AP/Router combo or a dedicated AP. If the AP is a DCHP client then disable that. It would merely be a passthrough device.

 

[paulsiu]

They also sell pocket AP that basically plugs into ethernet ports so you can share the connection with one or more PC's wirelessly.

Paul

 

[Cares]

I think it would be rather hard to setup a wireless router on a network that requires you to "log in."

 

[ktwebb]

That's why just using the device as an AP (if it's an AP/Router combo) is the easy choice here. No need to route anyway.