Share a hotel wireless internet connection?

[Mike Nelson]

I'm going to be "renting" wireless access at a hotel for a 3 day
conference I'm attending. It's about $10/day. Is there any way I can
share that connection with others at the conference? I've tried to
make the "share connection" option in XP work in the past with no
luck. Ideally, I'd like to get both access for my laptop via the
802.11b port AND share that connection, also via that wireless port,
with any other laptops in the area. If necessary, I'd be willing to
get MY machine access via the 802.11b port and connect a linksys
wireless router to my ethernet port for the sharing. I'm not worried
about authentication or authorization for those I'm sharing with (I
don't want to have to give them a key or get their MAC addresses).
Can someone point me in the right direction or let me know if this
just won't work. Of course, I'm sure the hotel won't appreciate it,
but I don't plan on telling them.

Thanks.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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| I'm going to be "renting" wireless access at a hotel for a 3 day
| conference I'm attending. It's about $10/day. Is there any way I can
| share that connection with others at the conference? I've tried to
| make the "share connection" option in XP work in the past with no
| luck. Ideally, I'd like to get both access for my laptop via the
| 802.11b port AND share that connection, also via that wireless port,
| with any other laptops in the area. If necessary, I'd be willing to
| get MY machine access via the 802.11b port and connect a linksys
| wireless router to my ethernet port for the sharing. I'm not worried
| about authentication or authorization for those I'm sharing with (I
| don't want to have to give them a key or get their MAC addresses).
| Can someone point me in the right direction or let me know if this
| just won't work. Of course, I'm sure the hotel won't appreciate it,
| but I don't plan on telling them.
|
| Thanks.

 

[NobodyMan]

I'm going to be "renting" wireless access at a hotel for a 3 day
conference I'm attending. It's about $10/day. Is there any way I can
share that connection with others at the conference? I've tried to
make the "share connection" option in XP work in the past with no
luck. Ideally, I'd like to get both access for my laptop via the
802.11b port AND share that connection, also via that wireless port,
with any other laptops in the area. If necessary, I'd be willing to
get MY machine access via the 802.11b port and connect a linksys
wireless router to my ethernet port for the sharing. I'm not worried
about authentication or authorization for those I'm sharing with (I
don't want to have to give them a key or get their MAC addresses).
Can someone point me in the right direction or let me know if this
just won't work. Of course, I'm sure the hotel won't appreciate it,
but I don't plan on telling them.

Thanks.

You are coming to a Microsoft sponsored newsgroup and asking how to
rip off your hotel? They provide a service for $10/day to you - they
have a right to that same fee for all those other users you are trying
to backdoor through your connection.

 

[Tim Slattery]

You are coming to a Microsoft sponsored newsgroup and asking how to
rip off your hotel? They provide a service for $10/day to you - they
have a right to that same fee for all those other users you are trying
to backdoor through your connection.

Horseradish! Putting a router on this kind of connection is no more
wrong than putting a router on your cable modem at home. Indeed, there
are products in the computer store that are designed exactly for
sharing hotel connections.

 

[Bob I]

Why not just hack into the cable closet and skip the $10 bucks altogether?

 

[NobodyMan]

Horseradish! Putting a router on this kind of connection is no more
wrong than putting a router on your cable modem at home. Indeed, there
are products in the computer store that are designed exactly for
sharing hotel connections.

The difference is that the ISP for your home connection could care
less that you are sharing your connection behind your router.

In this case the Hotel provides the service for $10/day. When you
share that out, you are denying your hotel income that is theirs.
It's like letting your next door neighbors use your wireless
connection to your Home ISP. That is in violation of EVERY ISP
service agreement I've ever read and rips off the DSL or cable
provider.

 

[Ron Bogart]

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Horseradish! Putting a router on this kind of connection is no more
wrong than putting a router on your cable modem at home. Indeed, there
are products in the computer store that are designed exactly for
sharing hotel connections.

I have to disagree with your analogy. The hotel offers each paying guest
the opportunity to rent some time on their network. The 'rental' is for one
room/guest. Hooking up a router in this scenario steals revenue from the
hotel and is illegal.