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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
I have tried this in a few hotels, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. What you need to do is plug into the hotel room's wired internet connection through your WAN port, and in theory, you should be able to make that connection wireless.
However, depending on how the hotel's network is setup, it may not work. A couple of important things to remember:
- If your router has an access point mode or a bridge mode, use that.
- If you don't have encryption on your wireless signal, someone else could connect to it. That could expose your laptop to threats, and it would also mean that if the guy in the room next door is searching for kiddie porn, it'll be going through your room's connection.
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We'll actually be staying at a B&B with only two units and we know the people in the other one. It's password-protected anyway. I have no concerns about that. I'll give it a shot. I've never tried this before so will be interested in seeing how it works out for me. If it does I can try it at other places. I'm told it will work.