Setup express to use at multiple families homes when visiting

Will be visiting at staying at sister-in-law's and parent's house. Both have DSL or Cable modems.
I was hoping it is possible to configure the airport before I go visit and then plug an Ethernet cable between the Express and their modem. Tried this on my home setup and I'm starting to think it is not possible, that I'd have to configure it before I left and would have to set it up for only one home and would need to know their logon id, passwords, etc to their service provider, just like I had to do on my Airport Extreme at my home.
The goal was to setup a wireless network for my ipad to piggyback off their internet setup while I'm staying there.

A modem has only 1 ethernet port (and it will be already occupied)
A gateway, is a combination modem and router on one chassis with 3-4 ethernet ports. (I called it a router).
So, let's clarify. They need to have a gateway at their houses for you to be able to do what you want. If they don't know what they have, ask them if they see 3-4 empty ethernet ports on the back of the device.
If they do, then you can use the instructions which I posted in a previous thread to configure your Express ahead of time and simply plug it in to an available ethernet port on their gateway.
You can perform the same test by plugging it into an empty ethernet port at your house. Assign a different wireless network name on the Express to avoid confusion.
If you have a new AirPort Express, you would want to configure the Radio Mode for 802.11n (802.11b/g compatible) to allow faster "n" speeds, though.
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