Hotels with only Wireless High Speed Internet

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 08, 2006 Posts: 2

PhotoJim wrote:

One other thing you can do: use your laptop as the wifi client, and bridge your wifi connection to your Ethernet port. Hook up your computer's Ethernet port to the Voip adapter box. It's kinda kludgy but it will work.

Anyone get this to work? My quick search found a discussion but no confirmation that this can be done.

Can anyone confirm? Is it likely that the hotel/wifi hotspot will be blocking ports that VoIP/Vonage needs to work?

thanks

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject:

Trowski wrote:

TheWinger wrote:

Just for reference for others who might try this Internet connection sharing method, it does work and is very easy to setup. BUT, you must use a crossover patch cable, not a standard ethernet cable. I found this out last night while trying to set it up.

I am now at the Residence Inn and used ICS to share the connection with the wireless card and the NIC card...Thank gawd I had a crossover cable sitting around or else...But it does work well...

Thanks for mentioning the crossover cable TheWinger....

Yep...I got it to work.

Posts: 19 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 19

I have had this working once flawlessly at a hotel out of three attempts, because you need a really good wireless signal (4/5+) and that isn't always guaranteed at all hotels.

If you have the Vonage wireless router (as opposed to the smaller more portable Vonage phone jack thingy), you don't need the crossover cable as the ports are autosensing.

What would be really helpful would be if Linksys and Vonage could provide a firmware upgrade for the wireless router so that you could convert it to use the wireless internet connection in the hotel as it would provide a faster and more reliable connection on the road. But I am just dreaming...

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject:

As I did find out most hotels do have bridges available. that was the easiest way to do it.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 08, 2006 Posts: 1

can anybody show how to use my ethernet port to plug in my Vonage on my laptop.

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

I assume you have a wireless card?

Posts: 19 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Dec 20, 2005 Posts: 19

One word of caution on this... if you have specified a Network Availability Number in your account, EVEN if you have also enabled simulring, despite what it says on the website... when you unplug your Vonage phone connection, ALL calls will go to the Network Availability Number and you will have no record of those calls unless that number has voicemail. I don't know if that was a one time bug but it was annoying.

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject:

Actually, my call log showed the calls all as being forwarded. Maybe it was a bug.