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Six ways to cope with flaky hotel Wi-Fi |
April 03, 2013
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During a recent trip I stayed at a hotel offering free Wi-Fi—always a nice perk. Just one problem: the network was terrible. The connection speed reminded me of my old dial-up modem, but without the consistency.
Needless to say, it was impossible for me to get my work done, and that was a problem. Fortunately, I'm a Boy Scout when it comes to tech obstacles: always prepared. When faced with flaky hotel Wi-Fi, I try one or more of these six fixes:
1. Ask the front desk to reset the router If you can't get or stay connected, it might just be a router issue. Call the front desk, tell them you can't get on their network, and ask them to reset the hotel router. Wait 5-10 minutes and then try again to connect.
2. Check for an Ethernet option Some hotel rooms have an Ethernet port or cord that would allow your laptop to bypass Wi-Fi altogether and just jack into the network. If you need to share that connection with, say, your tablet, try Connectify Hotspot, which acts as a software router on your laptop. Alternately, pack a travel router like the TP-LINK TL-WR702N.
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