[ale] USB wifi recommendation

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

I understand.  I don't use any ipod devices, but, couldn't you also 
connect the device via cable to the pc?  Also, I think another option 
would be to carry your own small travel router with wpa2 encryption 
enabled and a long beefy password.  Then, anyone in your hotel room 
could log into your router and everyone could see each other whether the 
router is connected to the internet or not.  You'd probably have to turn 
off the "wireless isolation" feature.  I'm not sure whether broadcast 
traffic would work or not between wireless devices.

Sincerely,

Ron


On 7/25/2013 7:52 AM, Pete Hardie wrote:
> We used a phone-as-hotspot a few years ago when a vacation rental was 
> having DSL issues.  But I'm just looking for a way to update a 
> non-phone ipod touch without having to have multiple wifi 
> reqistrations in a hotel that does charge for internet
>
> Pete Hardie
> --------
> Better Living Through Bitmaps
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) 
> <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com 
> <mailto:atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com <mailto:pete.hardie at gmail.com>>
>     wrote:
>
>     >On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Richard Bronosky
>     ><richard at bronosky.com <mailto:richard at bronosky.com>>wrote:
>     >
>     >> edimax ew-7811un
>     >
>     >
>     >Thanks - That's the sort of thing I'm looking for - when the family
>     >travels, we often want to get all the various devices sync'd via
>     wifi,
>     >but
>     >hotel wifi can get pricey, so having a way to make my laptop an
>     AP is a
>     >goal
>     >
>     >
>     >Pete Hardie
>     >--------
>     >Better Living Through Bitmaps
>     >
>
>     Hampton Inn's offer free wifi.  But the room rates can be high
>     depending on place and time of year.  $ 85 - $ 125 / night.  Rooms
>     are generally nice, and may have a work area, fridge, and
>     microwave.  The wifi is usually over crowded and slow, maybe 500
>     Kbps - 1 Mbps.  Sometimes it's better.  A few time, even worse.  I
>     wouldn't want to use any hotel wifi without a vpn.  I use
>     hotspotvpn.com <http://hotspotvpn.com> for that at the moment, but
>     may switch.
>
>     My prepaid Verizon MyFi 4G hotspot works great, and I can get
>     speeds to about 12 Mbps in a 4G area or about 1 Mbps in a 3G area.
>      Every 3 GB of data costs me $ 60, so I have to be REALLY stingy
>     about data usage to stay under that for a whole month.  Basically,
>     no auto updates on weather, apps, os.  No podcasts or video.  Just
>     minimal email and web surfing.  I only forward certain emails to
>     my tablet and I turn off auto email checking.  If I want more, I
>     find a coffee shop or something and connect to their wifi.  Then I
>     download my podcasts.  In regards to data caps, 4G service is BAD.
>      You can blow over your limit REALLY fast.  I think you can attach
>     5 devices to the MyFi.  I only pay to put data on the MyFi
>     whenever I travel or every 90 days to keep the account active.
>      When I'm just keeping it active, I only pay for a week, rather
>     than a month.
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     Ron
>


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