I'll be doing quite a bit of traveling and thinking of just carrying along my iPad rather than a laptop. My current dilemma is how do I connect to the hotel room internet if they only have ethernet option and no wifi? Is there anything from d-link/belkin/etc that I could hook up to the LAN cable and activate wifi through it so I can use my iPad?

Airport Express. Read up at that link.

I've been using this since I have my iPhone with me every work trip I go.

Thanks mate, I've taken the plunge and ordered it, hopefully I can get it in the next few days to test it. Is it hard to configure?

so hardcore?
use airport express while travel?

You have a solution to connect to Internet in hotel without wifi and laptop but with room's Ethernet port? Please share

wow, not really travel that much
dont have any solution for u

i think his solution works, but may not be all the time
cuz my recent travel to holland, the hotel require some login shit to get to internet

u referring to proxy server etc? they allowed you to 'surf' only, buy not other data service such as ftp etc..

"Some login shit" still works. My stayover hotels in Australia, France and Italy requires "some login shit", the Airport Express acts as a tunnel to the iPad, and I'll be asked to login the minute I selected the WiFi SSID to join, with the purchase details/login page (username/password). Everything works the same like on a laptop.

Next time, try first. If haven't try, or don't have experience using one, I rather people keep "their shit to themselves" than saying that it is not possible. Spreading misinformation is rampant these days.

AS for VPN service, it is configured on your iPad, not on your Airport Express. Once you've established the internet connection, turn on your VPN service on your iPad and proceed. I've been watching TV shows via streaming on the ABC Player and Hulu Plus apps abroad many times, and the experience is much better than back home since the internet line is much faster and QoS is better.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Sep 11 2010, 05:28 AM

This is what I usually do when we at a hotel. To share internet with my colleagues or family members , i generally plug in my airport express & purchase Internet services and share. This means that only 1 person has to buy Internet service and it can be shared across several rooms.

good info even a little bit spicy ...

any wireless access point will do.
last time there is those small one, but not sure they still making them.

Do we need a different configuration like for example some hotel offers free internet through their ethernet, plug in and you can surf immediately while some requires you to make payment through their page and then they provide a user and pass to access?

Reason being since I will not be carrying a laptop with me, configuring the Air Express will be impossible :s

you can always pre configure it at home before leaving, that way it'll just act as a tunnel. add the password and username given to you by the hotel, i have used my AE in SUtera Harbour (they require payment for internet access)

Configure once, use forever.

All hotel WiFis/internet through ethernets requires purchase details and login only after you are connected to them. That means, as long as you can connect to your Airport Express, you can purchase and use those hotel WiFi/Ethernet Internet services.

I use a link sys small. Compact router. Works great.

I use a link sys small. Compact router. Works great.

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finally found it. this is what i'm looking for as well.
so AirPort Express Base Station with 802.11n and AirTunes this is the one rite? i just pre configure it at home and then it can be use at any hotel? converting the internet using LAN to wifi?

I travel a lot due to work nature. Dillema like TS too. In the end, brought my spare router everytime travel..lol
But now plan to get a Aztech Homeplug with not just access point but extra feature like lan over power line.

aztech home plug? let me kow your review after u got it ya

I just got the Aztech HW553 and it works like a charm. Able to connect to office WAN, connect to PC to do work and at the same time able to surf wifi with my iPad. Able to connect my 3G modem as well. Super cheap compared to Airport Express.

IT sure gonna be surprised to find another security enabled wifi in their system.

use DLink DAP-1350 ---> wireless N router





This post has been edited by cruzzmz: Oct 22 2010, 10:11 PM