"Cindy" <cxsingapore@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Sooner Al [MVP] wrote:
>> You might consider a small travel type wireless router.
>> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Rout...rs/WGR101.aspx
>
> Hi Al Sooner (Sooner Al?),
>
> I like your suggestion.
>
> Not only is this deck-of-card sized wireless router an interesting
> potential addition to my travel kit, but, it also would give me the
> freedom to move around the room while connected.
>
> Currently, I'm "tethered" to the desk by wire; but I vastly prefer to
> work on the bed with all those fluffy pillows spread around (not to
> mention my VOIP calls back to the states tethered to the computer via
> headphones and a mic to avoid the pillaging and plundering that goes on
> with overseas phone calls from my room). It would be great to make
> those VOIP calls lying down in my nice comfortable bed with the
> convenience bar only an arms' length away.
>
> I have one theoretical question with this method ...
> I called the hotel who said they key off the MAC address. If I were to
> use the wireless router (which I don't have, but I ask this to better
> understand the solution) ... would the hotel then key off the MAC
> address of the wireless router and not off the two wireless laptops
> "connected" to the wireless router?
>
> Would that solution be any better (or different theoretically) than if
> I purchased a small hub (switch?) and some long CAT5 ethernet cable?
>
> This is very interesting to me, so I hope you respond, so we all
> benefit,
> Cindy
>


Yes, in this case you would give them the MAC address of the router.

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