Hacking the Hotel Cable Modem
May 22, 2007 | 6:01 pm
#31
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: PHL
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By the way, charging for Internet is, to me, like charging for basic cable TV. Even at a five-star property where presumably the cost would be trivial relative to that of the room, I'd imagine most guests would be insulted by that sort of nickel-and-diming. Can't fathom why people aren't insulted by charges for Internet access, like it was some ridiculous extravagant thing.
May 22, 2007 | 7:05 pm
#32
Join Date: Nov 2006
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By the way, charging for Internet is, to me, like charging for basic cable TV. Even at a five-star property where presumably the cost would be trivial relative to that of the room, I'd imagine most guests would be insulted by that sort of nickel-and-diming. Can't fathom why people aren't insulted by charges for Internet access, like it was some ridiculous extravagant thing.
The five-stars are just reluctant to give up any revenue stream, just like the ridiculous prices for long-distance telephone calls. But I can't remember the last time I even used a hotel phone, since cellular came along.
May 22, 2007 | 7:56 pm
#33
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: A Southern locale that ain't the South.
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MAC cloning simply makes your router appear to be your notebook from a network standpoint. No issues and the hotel's network won't ever know the difference as the MAC is all it has to go on. You don't need to bridge, you can use the router as a router... I've had to do this once to get my router working and never turned MAC cloning off... haven't had an issue since.
As for the 25' long Ethernet cable... that makes it a wee bit tough to use the notebook and WiFi SIP phone at the same time.
As for the 25' long Ethernet cable... that makes it a wee bit tough to use the notebook and WiFi SIP phone at the same time.
May 23, 2007 | 10:37 am
#34
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Exclusively OMNI/PR, for Reasons
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MAC cloning simply makes your router appear to be your notebook from a network standpoint. No issues and the hotel's network won't ever know the difference as the MAC is all it has to go on. You don't need to bridge, you can use the router as a router... I've had to do this once to get my router working and never turned MAC cloning off... haven't had an issue since.
As for the 25' long Ethernet cable... that makes it a wee bit tough to use the notebook and WiFi SIP phone at the same time.
As for the 25' long Ethernet cable... that makes it a wee bit tough to use the notebook and WiFi SIP phone at the same time.
May 24, 2007 | 7:50 am
#35
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Detroit; Formerly Dubai
Posts: 3,676
Concourse communication, a hotspot provider in many airports, states that it employs rogue access point detection technology.
http://www.concoursecommunications.c...structure.html
I assume that similar uses of this corporate technology will start appearing in many hotels that believe that we are cheating them out of a second $10 a day or more for not paying a separate connection fee for our laptops.
http://www.concoursecommunications.c...structure.html
I assume that similar uses of this corporate technology will start appearing in many hotels that believe that we are cheating them out of a second $10 a day or more for not paying a separate connection fee for our laptops.
May 24, 2007 | 9:46 am
#36
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Concourse communication, a hotspot provider in many airports, states that it employs rogue access point detection technology.
http://www.concoursecommunications.c...structure.html
I assume that similar uses of this corporate technology will start appearing in many hotels that believe that we are cheating them out of a second $10 a day or more for not paying a separate connection fee for our laptops.
http://www.concoursecommunications.c...structure.html
I assume that similar uses of this corporate technology will start appearing in many hotels that believe that we are cheating them out of a second $10 a day or more for not paying a separate connection fee for our laptops.
I'm just not convinced hotels will get too excited about this--it may be lots of work for little return--but I could be wrong.
May 24, 2007 | 12:41 pm
#37
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Detroit; Formerly Dubai
Posts: 3,676
I don't know about an airport. If the would shut down all the phishers with their peer to peer "Free Wireless Internet Connections" running at every airport, I would reluctantly be in favor of it.