[NTLUG:Discuss] OT traveling with a router question

[Tophat James]

At first glance, that would seem to be a good answer, but since I talked
to one of the developers at a company that provides the sort of
"$10/night to access the Internet at our hotel" business model, and he
told me how they work, a router would be required.  

You get an IP from DHCP on the router, and the firewall has your IP
blocked from internet at first.  After you agree to the payment, the
computer which generated the web page then allows your IP to have access
through the firewall.  If you just had a hub or a switch, then each
computer in your room would have a separate IP for each separate MAC
address, and with two laptops, you might have to pay $20/night.  Of
course, this is all based on whether they enable the switch port for the
room to have access for all traffic associated with it, or look up on
the switch via snmp for the mac and IP  to see which port you're on, and
then put you in a table that they then use to update the firewall.  If
they say router, then I would bring a router.




On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 01:11 -0500, Jay Urish wrote:
> Why not just use a hub?
> Usually the connection is allready natted...
> 
> Fred James wrote:
> 
> > All
> > Tech support (for the company that provides the broadband Internet 
> > connection for the hotel we will be staying in) said we should be able 
> > to connect both of our laptops to their service, at the same time, if we 
> > bring a router (connection in the room is a single, standard Rj45 
> > Ethernet).  My experience has been that one must, upon connecting for 
> > the first time, open a browser, visit the provider's site, and click 
> > through some agreements, before one may continue.  So, I am not sure how 
> > this might work with a router.  Has any one had any experience with this 
> > type of thing, or any thoughts or insights to offer?  Thank you in 
> > advance for any help you may be able to offer.
> > Regards
> > Fred James
> > 
>