From: Justin on 30 Jun 2010 00:47 On 06/30/2010 12:22 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote: > In article<i0dmk7$uj7$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > >>>>> it will do the reverse too, joining a wireless network and bridging it >>>>> to ethernet. >>>> >>>> Which is unfortunately not what I need. >>> >>> Plug your mac into the wired port and let your mac do the sharing. >> >> Grrr... People, listen to me. I don't always HAVE an ethernet port. >> Look at your ethernet port. Pretend it isn't there. Sometimes that is >> what we have. >> Wi-fi only. > > What Mac doesn't have an ethernet port? (The MacBook Air doesn't, but does > have an ethernet adaptor, so with the adaptor it has an ethernet port.) > The *hotel room* may not have an ethernet port....
From: Justin on 30 Jun 2010 00:48 On 06/30/2010 12:11 AM, Michael Vilain wrote: > In article<i0dmk7$uj7$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > >> On 06/29/2010 04:58 AM, zit wrote: >>> On Jun 27, 6:08 am, Justin<jus...(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: >>>> On 06/26/2010 05:42 PM, nospam wrote: >>>> >>>>> it will do the reverse too, joining a wireless network and bridging it >>>>> to ethernet. >>>> >>>> Which is unfortunately not what I need. >>> >>> Plug your mac into the wired port and let your mac do the sharing. >> >> Grrr... People, listen to me. I don't always HAVE an ethernet port. >> Look at your ethernet port. Pretend it isn't there. Sometimes that is >> what we have. >> Wi-fi only. > > Actually, you'll do just fine if you hook up 1 computer to the WiFi. > Beyond that, you're out of luck. > Unless I get the RB-1132.
From: Justin on 30 Jun 2010 00:49 On 06/30/2010 12:11 AM, Michael Vilain wrote: > In article > <michelle-7191A2.16532729062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, > Michelle Steiner<michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > >> In article<i0dvob$n57$3(a)news.albasani.net>, >> Jason Bourne<kane(a)treadstone71.net> wrote: >> >>>> In other words, you want to cheat the hotel out of its fees. The >>>> solution is to find hotels that offer ethernet in the rooms, or that >>>> offer free WiFi in the rooms. >>> >>> No, I think he's trying not to get gouged. None of us mind a reasonable >>> access charge-- but many of us do resent getting ripped off... >> >> $15/day is gouging? > > Per computer when he's on-site with 6+ teammates, all sharing 1 or 2 > rooms. Who is gouging whom? > > He's a Linux-Troll pulling our chains. Pay the hotel, penguin-boi. > One in each room. Some of us arrive/leave before the others.
From: Justin on 30 Jun 2010 00:50 On 06/29/2010 09:10 PM, JF Mezei wrote: > VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > >> My wife and I recently stayed in a hotel suite. > > > And what did both of you do in this hotel suite ? :-) That stayed in the separate rooms...
From: Justin on 30 Jun 2010 00:59
On 06/29/2010 09:54 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: > VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: >> In article<i0dtga$gmh$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> writes: >>> On 06/29/2010 05:51 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: >>>> In article<i0dmk7$uj7$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >>>> Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> writes: >>>>> On 06/29/2010 04:58 AM, zit wrote: >>>>>> On Jun 27, 6:08 am, Justin<jus...(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: >>>>>>> On 06/26/2010 05:42 PM, nospam wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> it will do the reverse too, joining a wireless network and >>>>>>>> bridging it >>>>>>>> to ethernet. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Which is unfortunately not what I need. >>>>>> >>>>>> Plug your mac into the wired port and let your mac do the sharing. >>>>> >>>>> Grrr... People, listen to me. I don't always HAVE an ethernet port. >>>>> Look at your ethernet port. Pretend it isn't there. Sometimes that is >>>>> what we have. >>>>> Wi-fi only. >>>> >>>> If I read you right, you want to get on a WiFi with your Mac's AirPort >>>> and then have it become a WiFi for other systems? Why not just use the >>>> existing WiFi? If you really need to, buy a USB or ExpressCard (if you >>>> have Mac with EC34 slot) and broadcast from it as an Ad-Hoc... >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Because *all* hotel's wifi only allow the user to be on one machine at a >>> time. They go by MAC address. >>> I would rather have a dedicated piece of hardware rather than keep a >>> laptop on at all times. >>> Since $15 per user per day seems to be the de facto price int he US I'll >>> give an example as to why I want to do this. >>> Ten of us for a week. >>> $15 * 7d * 10p = $1,050 >>> or >>> $15 * 7 = $105. >> >> What hotel chains are you staying in? I've traveled all about the US and >> I find very few (and none in recent memory) that charge for WiFi. It's a >> perk that many -- yes, even the economy garage hotels -- offer to guests. So have I. I have also encountered $15/night ethernetless debacles. >> >> I'd suggest a WiFi ethernet bridge... plug it into your ethernet port and >> then use your Airport for ad-hoc. You cannot do this with other wireless >> setups, so why are you faulting Mac/OS X? I'm not faulting OSX. >> >> If you're so hot for free WiFi, go sit in Panera Bread, Dunkin Donuts, or >> any number of other establishments or get a cellular wireless. Unlimited >> access for $60/month for me on Sprint. Buy the service for the month and >> then cancel it and pay the penalty fee...>$300 compared to your claim of >> excess of $1000 for a week. >> >> I'll bet you steal cable TV service and money for the "Help Jerry's Kids" >> jar at the 7-11 too. If Jerry charged me $15/day for internet access - yes I'd steal from his jar. > > The the Omni Hotels charge for in room internet. They have free wifi > only in the lobby and at the bar in the restaurant. The one in Va beach > is an 8 floor Hotel and the lobby has wifi. there are no customer room > on the first floor (lobby is at basement level). if you want free wifi > unless you happen to catch one out of the air from another Hotel through > the windows in your room. The rooms themselves are hardwired. When I > traveled I used service that I paid so much a month and I could sign > using it and not have to pay the hotel fees just had to re-sign in each > morning. When I had to stay four or five days the fees I saved more than > paid for the service I paid for. > I stayed at the Omni in Atlanta, my ethernet port was not functioning. I used the hotel's login/password since I was there for a convention. I was only there for three days though. |