Wifi connections in hotels

many hotels only have hispeed internet in the rooms and wifi seems only available in public areas - so when i am in my room i cannot connect to the hotel internet system - what can i do??

You actually have several options. First, learn which hotel chains have free in-room wifi. There in fact are many that do, so this is the simplest, lowest cost option. But if you want total freedom to stay in whatever hotels suit your interest, then I would suggest getting a MiFi device (from Verizon, for one). It's very compact and easy to both set up and to carry with you, even in your pocket. And recent price breaks make it relatively inexpensive if you travel often.
Good luck.

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TS1398 Problems with Wifi connection in hotels with Ipad

Hi guys!
I bought an Ipad MD528C/A lately and I have difficulty connecting to some public Wifi such as hotels' wifi. I don't understand why it's doing that; I tried to change the settings as some people suggests in certain forums, and it still is not working. The thing is, I bought my Ipad so I could stay in touch with Internet (and the world) while I travel...so...it is kind of frustrating. Anyone could help me ?
Thank you very much!

Hi!
I have sometimes the same problem in some public wifi networks... and I solve it switching off the "mobile data" in the iPad settings.
I don't know why, but it rules... ;-)
Good luck!
Carlos.

T400s crashes connecting to hotel wifi AP's

An odd issue that I'm having trouble resolving.
An employee with a T400s had a problem a month ago with his laptop crashing when trying to connect to the wifi in a hotel. Luckily there was an ethernet port in the room he was able to use, but the laptop continued having problems so I sent him a loaner overnight. When he got back I noticed the laptop was booting into safe mode but after a reboot it was fine, connecting to the office AP's fine, and everything looked good. A few days later a technician came by a couple of times and ended up swapping out the mainboard to fix a popping speaker.
This past weekend the same employee was at a different hotel and contacted me with the same problem - laptop crashing and booting into safe mode when connecting to the hotel's wifi AP. We got the laptop booting normally, had him log into a different account that ended up having the same issue, and eventually had him uninstall Access Connections and try the Windows wireless config. Same result.
Now the laptop is back in the office and I'm again having no problem with connecting to wifi here, with Windows and after installing Access Connections again. Running the latest versions of everything, Windows 7 x64 SP1 is fully updated, etc.
I scoured the Event Logs and crash reports and there is nothing indicating the case of the crashes that I can see. Whenever the computer crashes as a result of connecting to a "bad" wifi AP, the following ciritcal event is generated upon boot:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 2/18/2012 6:44:06 PM
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer:
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
and a critical WER is generated after reboot and attempted startup repair
Version=1
EventType=StartupRepairOnline
EventTime=129740822719889241
ReportType=1
Consent=1
ReportIdentifier=80bfb3a7-5a8a-11e1-b3d3-00216a87cd78
Response.type=4
Sig[0].Name=Problem Signature 01
Sig[0].Value=6.1.7600.16385
Sig[1].Name=Problem Signature 02
Sig[1].Value=6.1.7600.16385
Sig[2].Name=Problem Signature 03
Sig[2].Value=LENOVO
Sig[3].Name=Problem Signature 04
Sig[3].Value=366
Sig[4].Name=Problem Signature 05
Sig[4].Value=0
Sig[5].Name=Problem Signature 06
Sig[5].Value=AutoFailover
Sig[6].Name=Problem Signature 07
Sig[6].Value=1
Sig[7].Name=Problem Signature 08
Sig[7].Value=NoRootCause
DynamicSig[1].Name=OS Version
DynamicSig[1].Value=6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
DynamicSig[2].Name=Locale ID
DynamicSig[2].Value=1033
UI[3]=Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically
UI[4]=Sending more information can help Microsoft create solutions.
UI[5]=Send information about this problem (recommended)
UI[7]=Don't send
FriendlyEventName=StartupRepairOnline
ConsentKey=StartupRepairOnline
AppName=Windows Diagnosis and Recovery
AppPath=C:\Windows\System32\RelPost.exe
So, has anyone seen anything like this? I'm about to just purchase a new laptop for this person (Managing Director) as the last thing I need is for this to happen again as there is no sure fire way that I know of to verify that the issue has been resolved, unless this is a known issue with a fix out. Is this a known issue with the Intel Adapter (Wifi Link 5300 AGN) or drivers (or Lenovo customized drivers)? Could the adapter itself be bad?
What it bascially comes down to is: somebody has seen this and there is a way to known resolution, or I purchase a new laptop and put this one aside and work with Lenovo on it in my free time as it's still under warranty.

I just opened up the RAM/Radio compartment to remove the WWAN card as it's not needed and I noticed the WLAN card antena cables were attached incorrectly. First, only 2 of 3 were attached. Second, one of the cables attached was for the WWAN card. Apparently one of the IBM service techs decided to throw the thing together with a blindfold on after replacing some parts.
Anyway, could the antenas being connected improperly cause the WLAN adapter (or it's driver) to crash the laptop upon connecting to certain AP's?

Unable to connect to wifi in some hotels (self-assigned IP address)

I normally have no problem connecting to wifi, but in some hotels I am unable to connect and get a self-assigned IP address 169...
Having looked around the forums, in my current hotel I have tried several fixes without success (many of these probably apply to a permanent rather than intermittant problem):
- I renewed the DHCP lease
- I tried a manual IP address
- I created a new network location
- I deleted com.apple.airport.preferences
- I turned off the firewall
- I repaired disk permissions
Has anyone else found a fix to problems with some hotel wifi systems?
I can connect with my iPhone, but not my MacBook, so I am now in an internet cafe (and I don't think that you can "tether" an iPhone connected by wifi to a MacBook?).

I have finally found a solution!
I copied the IP address that the hotel had assigned to my iPhone (in the 192.168.0.xx series) into the TCP settings for the hotel network on my Mac, and then managed to get a connection (but only by using "DHCP with manual address", rather than "Manually").
But this seems to have killed the wifi connection on my iPhone: whatever I do I now get a self-assigned IP address 169... on the iPhone (there is no "DHCP with manual address" setting), so as I am in Paris I hope the Mac connection continues to work!
The general solution seems to be to use a static IP address, but in the "DHCP with manual address", which I had not tried before.

Unable to connect to hotel wifi

I have one hotel that I visit on occasion, and always have problems with the internet wifi connection. It is a major brand name hotel, and my phone and iPad (which im writing this on),connect up just fine. I have deleted the network and restarted it but still have no connection. My MacBook pro shows strong signal strength. Any ideas what I can do on my end as I'm not sure it's the hotels issue. My fellow traveler has no problem connecting with his oc

Go to settings, general, about, and you will see "version." That will indicate what your operating system is such as 5.0.1 which is the most recent upgrade.
As for the wifi, you might try going to settings, then general, then at the bottom reset, then click on reset network settings. Back out of everything and then when you log back onto your wifi it will ask you for your local password (assuming you gave it one when your router was set up). Enter it and you should be good for go. At least this worked for me.
Good luck.

HT5622 I have a new iPad mini. trying to set up my iCloud. I have a wifi connection at a hotel. trying to connect to my iCloud account. Getting a message saying "Verification Failed" the request timed out.

I have a new iPad mini. trying to set up my iCloud. I have a wifi connection at a hotel. trying to connect to my iCloud account. Getting a message saying "Verification Failed" the request timed out. Can't seem to get a connection to internet even thou it tells me i have one.

ausask64 wrote:
Can't seem to get a connection to internet even thou it tells me i have one.
If you see the white WiFi bars in the upper left corner, that simply means that the iPad has detected a WiFi network, and that does not mean that you are connected to the Internet.
Can you open web sites with Safari?

IPhone connects but macbook air will not connect to hotel wifi

iphone connects to login page of hotel wifi, but matchbook air will not show the login page. wifi symbol shows looking for wifi, while the hotel wifi is listed in found networks

Hey Jrbindas,
I see that you are having issues accessing Wi-Fi in your hotel. Here is an article that will help you through some troubleshooting steps regarding this issue:
Wi-Fi Quick Assist - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201505
For further information, it might be helpful to utilize the wireless diagnostics in your OS:
About Wireless Diagnostics - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202663
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

Macbook Pro stuck on Self-Assigned IP when connecting to hotel Wifi

my travel mates are having no problems connecting to hotel wireless.
i can connect to the access point, but i can't get online. my network pane in system preferences says "self-assigned ip" and it won't do anything else.
we're all on macbooks or higher. 10.5.6 or 10.5.7
i've tried replicating the working macs' IP settings as a manual config on my MBP. no luck. it's very odd. i'm stuck. any ideas?
i've used onyx to clear out all caches. done a full shut down, restart, pram reset. toggling my airport card power. i can connect using my Verizon wireless (like now, as i type this). my travel mates also use the same Verizon modems and software. i don't think that that's causing a problem.

This was happening to me at my office today. It kept saying that it had Self-Assigned IP. My ISP told me that it wasn't recognizing my router.
First, I made sure that the Under TCP/IP that "Configure IPv4" was set at "Using DHCP" from the drop-down menu and then I shut my computer down. I then reset my modem and linksys router (unplug power to back of modem first and then router, then plug modem back in, wait for 4th light of modem to go on,then plug router back in). After that, I restarted my iMac and it Configured IPv4 correctly using DHCP. Sorry if I'm being too basic, don't have a lot of networking knowledge. I've asked the hotel I was staying at before to reset their modem/router and they were able to do this for me.

Sharing a WiFi Connection in OSX

Lets say your in a hotel that has wifi and you have to pay $10 a day for the connection. You don't want to have to pay $10 again for your iPad and iPhone to connect as well.
I would like to share the WiFi connection on my MAC with other devices. I know how to do this with two WiFi cards but can this be done with a single WiFi Card?
I know technicialy it is possible to do this with one card because I have see apps for Windows and even an iPhone using the Jailbroken MyFi App that used a bridge tethered mode to share a WiFi (not 3G) connection to a number of devices.
Anyone know of a way to do this on a MAC?
All the best,
Joe

Hi Sig,
If only life was that simple. The basic Mac XOS Internet Sharing will allows you to share a wired internet connection over wireless or a wireless internet connection over wire. Or if you have two wireless cards you can share the connection on one wireless card with users onanother card.
What I wanted to do was share the Wireless Internet connectionon the same wireless card. It looks like you have to pick a different interface for sharing then the one your wish to share using the approach you are recommending.
All the best,
Joe

Updated to 5.1 this weekend and lost wifi connectivity on iPhone 4 and Ipad 2

This weekend I updated my iPhone 4 (AT&T) and iPad 2 (Verizon 3G, wifi) to 5.1. Since the update (went flawlessly), I have been unable to connect to wifi networks anywhere. All that I get is the continuously running circle that shows it is trying to connect (but never actually does). I have RESET all Network connections numerous times, did the 'Forget this' connection on everything, etc. They will no longer connect to places that I have always connected to (Home network, CLE Airport, Hilton, Work, etc...). I can connect to all networks fine with my laptop and blackberry, but I just get the constant connection circle with my iPhone and iPad 2. Can anyone offer any other advise?
I have tried:
1. Reboot (Soft)
2. Reboot (Hard (Home and Power button)
3. Forget WiFi connection
4. Reset Network Connections
5. Tried 6 different Wireless (wifi) networks that I have always been able to connect to with no luck.
6. Airplane Mode with wifi on...
7. Turned 3G off...
Desperately awaiting some assistance, I do not have cell connections in our facilities or the hotel, so basically have a useless device right now!

I have the same problem with my Ipad 2 16gb WiFi, I bought it in US on march (I don´t live in US) I returned to my country and updated the IOS to 5.1.
One week ago the wifi signal dissapeared, I get the continuously running circle that shows it is trying to connect too.
I tried to reset it, to restart it, I even erase all content and settings but the problem continues.
As you can imagine an Ipad without internet connection is useless, I have opened a case in Apple Technical Support.
All I want to do is to return it
The question is if It will be possible to replace it or change it by other apple product. I will go to US again next month.

IPad WiFi Connection Problems - WiFi Symbol Appears With Full Bars but I Don't Get A Checkmark?

I was using the iPad one day and then all of a sudden it stopped connecting to the internet. The network at this hotel is very good and I've asked them about their router so it is not the router's problem.
I go to the Settings and tap on Wi-Fi then I tap on the hotel network. After a few seconds, it says the network name beside the Wi-Fi tab and it gives me the WiFi symbol showing 3 bars. But then I never get the checkmark or tick saying everything is connected. I try going online and it says the iPad is not connected to the internet. I've tried an iPhone and it connected and got a checkmark in a few seconds. I've talked to the front desk and he took out his phone and showed me that he could connect, he even opened a page without any problems at all.
I've been trying to find a solution for this for a long time. I've been searching Google over and over again. I turned Airplane Mode on for 1 minute, I've tried Resetting my Network settings, I've tried forgetting the network and reconnecting again, I've tried removing all restrictions from the iPad, I've rebooted the iPad A LOT, etc.
So this is my problem for people who don't want to read the whole message:
1. I can't connect to the internet with the iPad
2. It shows the WiFi symbol saying its connected but I never get the checkmark or tick.
3. It's not the router problem.
4. I've tried other networks and it doesn't work. It just keeps on showing that loading circle right beside the network name.
5. Do any of you know what this problem is? Or do you have a solution?
Thank you for reading this and have a great day

Since you are in a hotel, some of these are not applicable.
Look at iOS Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
iPad: Issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3304
iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4199
Additional things to try.
Try this first. Turn Off your iPad. Then turn Off (disconnect power cord for 30 seconds or longer) the wireless router & then back On. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi.
Go to Settings>Wi-Fi and turn Off. Then while at Settings>Wi-Fi, turn back On and chose a Network.
Change the channel on your wireless router (Auto or Channel 6 is best). Instructions at http://macintoshhowto.com/advanced/how-to-get-a-good-range-on-your-wireless-netw ork.html
Another thing to try - Go into your router security settings and change from WEP to WPA with AES.
How to Quickly Fix iPad 3 Wi-Fi Reception Problems
http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/21/fix-new-ipad-3-wi-fi-reception-problems/
If none of the above suggestions work, look at this link.
iPad Wi-Fi Problems: Comprehensive List of Fixes
http://appletoolbox.com/2010/04/ipad-wi-fi-problems-comprehensive-list-of-fixes/
Fix iPad Wifi Connection and Signal Issues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwWtIG5jUxE
Fix Slow WiFi Issue https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2398063?start=60&tstart=0
Unable to Connect After iOS Update - saw this solution on another post.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4010130
Note - When troubleshooting wifi connection problems, don't hold your iPad by hand. There have been a few reports that holding the iPad by hand, seems to attenuate the wifi signal.
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If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem.
 Cheers, Tom

Can AirPort Extreme "distribute" from a wifi connected laptop?

I live in a corporate housing unit with a free wifi connection. BUT devices can only log on via a web-page interface. I'd like to network my Wii, TiVo box, and MacBook Pro together, but only the MacBook can manage the web-page interface. I have an AirPort Extreme base station. Can I somehow use it to create a sub-network (from the free wifi) to connect my other devices?

+I have an AirPort Extreme base station. Can I somehow use it to create a sub-network (from the free wifi) to connect my other devices?+
Sorry, this is not possible with an AirPort Extreme because it cannot "receive" a wireless network and also "create" another at the same time.
The main router at the facility has most likely been configured to only allow one connection per room, (just like the wireless at most hotels).
IF...the router at the facility will allow multiple connections per room, (check with the network administrator first to find out) you might be able to make the AirPort Extreme work if you also had an AirPort Express 802.11"n" version to use along with the AirPort Extreme. If you can get your hands on an AirPort Express 802.11"n" and have some time to experiment, post back for further details.
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How do I connect ipad 2 to wired connections in hotels?

How do I connect ipad 2 to wired internet connections in hotels?

You need some sort of travel router for WiFi connection. I don't use one, but the Apple Airport Express can be packed into a suitcase and used as a portable router. It has to be set up with a computer first, but after that, you can travel with it and use it for a wireless connection. There are others available as well.

My iPad will not forget a wifi connection when I click forget

So the subject says it all I'm staying in a hotel for work and get the free lite version of wifi but tried to download a couple movies off of iTunes and since I have a crappy slow wifi it takes forever so I'm trying to forget the network and reset it and pay for the faster wifi connection but it will not forget the wifi I have hooked up now PLEASE HELP

Hello Joulec,
I was looking into the issue you are experiencing and have come across some info that might help you out.
I recommend first, to turn off the iPad, and turn it back on.
Restart iPad
To restart iPad, first turn iPad off by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button until a red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider and iPad will turn off after a few moments.
Next, turn iPad on by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
from here: http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/application/#section_4
Also the Network Settings may need to be reset. Our Wifi troubleshooting article named iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398 outlines how to do that.
Reset network settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. Note: This will reset all network settings, including passwords, VPN, and APN settings.
All the best,
Sterling

I want to use wifi for Apple TV, but it doesn't prompt for a password, so never connects. What am I missing? Can I only use it via a non-password-protected wifi connection?

I want to use wifi for Apple TV, but it doesn't prompt for a password, so never connects. What am I missing? Can I only use it via a non-password-protected wifi connection?

Hi - you might want to post this question on the Apple TV area - you would probably get a quicker response - if you have a specific question relating to Apple routers then post back here

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