Xeno

I personally do not trust valet and some forms of ‘secured parking’. Fortunately, most of my travel is international travel and these driving trips are rare.

EuropeanPete

Xeno

If the process worked according to form, the idea would be to attempt to stop a theft by using remote control that allows me to honk the horn and flash lights. If the car is stolen, then at least I have a video record of what happened to submit to my insurance company.

LIH Prem

The support desk might be able to add the device manually. Can you figure out the MAC address of the device (hardware address, may be printed on a label on the device? But I guess if it's built in to the car, you might not be able to even access it?) And the assigned IP address might also help if the device will display it. If not they should be able to figure out the assigned IP address given the MAC address of the device. Just tell them you have a device that doesn't display the login screen or something like that.

If you don't know the mac address of the device, a router you own and can manage might be able to help you display it.

-David

Xeno

Thanks. Those who ride high above my tech level tell me if I had a laptop rather than an iPad Pro 3 that I could spoof the MAC address and go from there.

If you think this works with iOS devices, I can connect via the BV WiFi and see what kind of MAC address shows up in my iPhone settings.

LIH Prem

You need a mac or a router to figure it out. I don't think you can do it with an iPad. You could enable a personal hotspot on an iPhone, but I don't know if it will show you the devices mac address or not. Do you connect with it at home to your own wifi network?

-David

Eujeanie

I'm genuinely curious, since I will never ever own a car of that value...when you are at home in OKC, what is it like? Do you stress every moment you are out and about? Or do you have an old beater that you use for everyday?

I'm not sure we even know where you are right now with your car...how far from OKC...

Xeno

I do connect my BV to not only my home Wifi, but also office and various other WiFis.

myperks

LIH Prem

If you can access your home routers management pages, you should be able to get a list of connected devices and narrow down the one for the car to figure it out for next time.

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There's really no reason to attack the OP in this thread .. they just want to know if it's possible to do this or not.

-David

Eujeanie

And I really would like to know what life with a car like this is like on a day to day basis. I'm not attacking him. It's a glimpse into something I'll never experience and I really want to know.

estnet

I suspect it may be something that an IT person could do (if any were working at the hotel). It may be similar to my trying to connect a chromecast device - that device cannot "sign in" but the IT person can add the MAC address into their system and then I can use it as if I had signed in. Maybe not since your device can login but just a thought.

Xeno

A manager comes in tomorrow so I will get another take on their policy. I asked the night clerk and he simply did not understand the IT issue much less local manager policy although he claimed we were only allowed 3 devices on the Marriott Guest Wifi.

nobodyherebutme

@Xeno, here's one way to get it done:

1) Install Network Analyzer on your iPad. The free version is sufficient.
2) Set up your iPad as a WiFi hotspot. Be sure sure to record the existing password or set one that's easier to enter on the dashcam.
3) Connect to the iPad WiFi hotspot from your dashcam (you'll need to enter the password from #2 )
4) Start Network Analyzer, select the LAN function (second from the left on my iPhone--iPad may be different), click Scan to get the list of devices on your hotspot. Scan should find two devices, one being the iPad, the other should be the dashcam.
5) Record the Mac address of the dashcam (it should a 20 or so characters-long alphanumeric string)
6) Turn off the WiFi hotspot and uninstall Network Analyzer if you don't want to keep it.
7) While still in the car, call Marriott Tech Support and tell them you are trying to connect a device to the Marriott guest WiFi, that you can't get the log in screen, but that you have the Mac address. If he/she asks, you may need to reveal that the device is a WiFi camera (although these days, it could have been some sort of medical device such as an Apnea machine) . But you probably shouldn't volunteer that the device is in the car.
8) Check that everything is working while still in the car then go back to your room and enjoy.

Xeno

Fascinating. I will take a look at this in the morning and see if the pieces fall in place, but please know that I know failures when it comes to IT adventures.