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Originally Posted by Jon T
No, the link supplied is not a modem, it's a wireless to ethernet adapter, and will do exactly the job you need it to do.
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Ok thanks / sorry - I was a bit quick on that.
1- Any Idea of its physical size ?
2- it requires an external power supply - which I ain't going to carry around with me bu is definately in the right direction.
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Originally Posted by popper
- "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."
- "you might already have the wireless card in the laptop, but its disabled"- - "if this works laptop has peoples' personal data on it, you shouldn't be using it for personal use"
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Sort of understand your outlook but :-
>>I work for a very up-to-date company that takes security seriously. For that reason my (new) Dell laptop has no wireless device, cannot use a usb modem; USB sticks only work if they have been declared to the machine by IT etc. etc.
>>There is no personal data on the machine. The access is not for personal use.
>> The data transfer is fully encrypted. All data comes via the company server and anything in the way of iffy emails or attachments are stripped of content (leaving just a "sorry - contact IT support") message
>>All security settings are blocked - there is no wireless card in the device.
>>All CD are checked for content before allowing access and if the fail to meet acceptance criteria are blocked
It makes for a difficult life !
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Originally Posted by Chris
 perhaps you could try ringing the hotel, you may be able to persuade someone on reception to read the make/model number of one of the units. |
>> Yes you are probably correct - and then I'll come back and see if someone can suggest similar units