Robert A. Fink, M. D. <lynxer@comcast.net> wrote:

>The hotel at which we will be staying (the JW Marriott) has "Wireless
>High-Speed Internet" ("for a fee"); and I am writing here to ask if
>anyone has stayed in that hotel and used this setup.

>I am aware that such setups in the USA vary (some allow only Web
>access; others allow retrieval of mail but do not allow outgoing SMTP
>mail; and many have full access, just like on one's home Network).
>Anybody have experience with this hotel?

If I were you, I'd use a webmail interface or at least have
one available in case mail protocols do not work through
the hotel's network. (Comcast DOES have one right?)

The weirdest hotel connection I've ever had was at the MEC hotel
in Paestum, Italy. In order to get the log on screen that
enables the connection I had to figure out (using commands like
netstat) what address their server was at (ended up being
something like 10.0.5.1) and set my browser's proxy to this
address. Hotel staff had no clue how to work this.

Steve