TBerk wrote:
> > Currently, I'm "tethered" to the desk by wire;
> > I have one theoretical question
> > If I were to use the wireless router (which I don't have,
> > would the hotel then key off the MAC address of the wireless router

> Giving the hotel the MAC address from the Wireless Router
> would be the way to go; it should 'shield' your downstream laptop(s)
> from view by the Hotel's Networking and 'bing, bing- Bobs your Uncle.

Hi Berk,
Thanks for that explanation. I would guess one would power up the
wireless router plugged into the hotel wired network. Then, one would
power up the wireless router. Nothing would happen.

Then one would power up one of the portable PCs. Presumably when that
portable PC accesses the NAT, it would send the MAC address of the
wireless router to the hotel network.

If this is true, then when one powers up the second PC, the NAT would
still send the same MAC address of the NAT wireless router to the hotel
network.

Presumably, this would provide exactly what I desire (with the nice
addition of a firewall) ... yet I don't have this wireless router
thousands of miles away from home.

What I'm trying to do is tie one PC wired to the hotel network and then
wirelessly connect the second PC to the first PC to the wired hotel
network. According to the google literature, it _should_ work ... but
so far I've had almost connections but no real connection.

If anyone has a good reference for how to tie a second PC wirelessly to
a first PC wired, that would be wonderful for all of us!

Cindy Fischer