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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 9:33 pm
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Originally Posted by gfunkdave
Plug it in to your AE, then do your #2.

I don't know what the bridge thing is...you just want it to behave like an ordinary wireless router.
I've been doing this in the 3 hotels I've stayed at since I bought my Airport Express. I've got my iPod Touch, Blackberry and Laptop. Every time, in every hotel, for each device, it asks me to log in to the hotel's system (which appears to be recognizing each device as a new connection...Not 'instant internet' like I get at home).

Any advice what I'm doing wrong? I bought the thing to dodge ridiculous internet fees X 2 or X 3/day. Two of the hotels, I did have 'free' internet due to Hilton status, but still had to log into the system, so I don't know if I would have been charged or not. The third hotel, I got leery and never connected my BB or my iPod, as I didn't want to take the chance of double internet charges.

I've got an 8-night stay coming up next week at a property where I will have to pay for internet daily, and I'm rooming with someone else who will want access...So it's potentially 4X internet charges daily.

Thanks for any input. I'm not very tech savvy...I posted the question in the Apple forums like 3 weeks ago and no replies...And my search didn't yield much either.
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