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Originally Posted by emuub
Hi guys - first post - hopefully the first of many.
Starting with a question:
What is a model / make of unit that can wireless connect my laptop - with the restrictions given below ?
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My (company) laptop is locked so I cannot use a usb or card modem and has no direct wireless capability.
In hotels (e.g. hilton, moevenpick ) I've accessed the hotel wireless net via an external interface provided by the hotel. This consists of a unit with two cables; one is a USB to get power only and the other plugs into the network (? RJ45) socket of the laptop.
With this activated I can then log on to the hotel's net (usually swisscom) using a time limited password bought from reception.
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Thanks for any help
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your refering to a "wireless bridge " as Chris and Jon T pointed out.....
but if your sat there in the hotel trying to do work stuff then its down to the company to supply you this wireless kit....and tell them to stop being antiquated.
if this works laptops got peoples personal data on it, you shouldnt using it for personal use time anyway, just get yourself a cheap and cheerful 10" 3lb "netbook" with internal 11n wireless card and linux on a CF card....and carry that around.
if however your doing off work browsing etc, then
providing the works laptop BIOS boots a livecd all you need then is a cheap linux USB wireless key at around £10 and a copy of say slax
http://www.slax.org/forum.php?
OC you might already have the wireless card in the laptop, but its disabled/locked inside windows in which case a linux liveCD might just see it and work no messing around (or not), try it and see...OC many laptops have a manual button on the edge to activate the internal wireless card, did you check that to make sure, whats the model and make etc...
booting a liveCD you can then forget the works windows OS lockout....as you dont access any of the HD (unless you mount and access its MS partitions on purpose OC) its self contained and booting directly off the CD/DVD into ram....