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This is perfect for hotels whose TV sucks and their wifi has those captive portals so you can't use a Chromecast, Firestick, or Roku. It just needs a captive p

This is perfect for hotels whose TV sucks and their wifi has those captive portals so you can't use a Chromecast, Firestick, or Roku. It just needs a captive portal of its own when the client side is disconnected.

jjeaff 6y ago
I travel with a little $12 wireless access point for this purpose. Which is actually cheaper than you can get a pi zero w setup with PSU anyway.
- DrAwdeOccarim 6y ago
  Can you explain more?
  - jjeaff 6y ago
    You can search for "travel router". These things are built exactly for this. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=travel+router https://www.amazon.com/s?k=travel+router They usually have an interface so that when you get to a hotel, you can either plug them into the hardline or they will let you connect and then select the hotel's wifi and enter the password. The great thing is that all your devices will already have your travel router wifi info saved. So when I go to a hotel and fire it up and connect, all our phones, ipads, Roku, even an Amazon echo we sometimes take will will all connect right up. Sometimes I even luck out and the lan cable going into the TV will be unmetered. One hotel I was getting 100mbps up/down all week for free.
  - 0134340 6y ago
    Or you can buy an older used router for ~$10 that supports FreshTomato or DDWRT, I know those support simultaneous AP and client mode. I spent a year using one for such needs and worked well on an E2500. Or buy a dedicated like OP said as it's probably less trouble and more reliable, depending on model.
  - DrAwdeOccarim 6y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal#Circumvention_of_captive_portals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal#Circumvention_o... In case anyone wants to know more.
throwaway2048 6y ago
In a pinch you can just spoof the wifi MAC address of the chromecast/firestick/roku with a PC, connect to the wifi, deal with the captive portal, then connect the actual device (change your MAC back unless you want fireworks).

jjeaff 6y ago

I travel with a little $12 wireless access point for this purpose. Which is actually cheaper than you can get a pi zero w setup with PSU anyway.

DrAwdeOccarim 6y ago
Can you explain more?
- jjeaff 6y ago
  You can search for "travel router". These things are built exactly for this. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=travel+router https://www.amazon.com/s?k=travel+router They usually have an interface so that when you get to a hotel, you can either plug them into the hardline or they will let you connect and then select the hotel's wifi and enter the password. The great thing is that all your devices will already have your travel router wifi info saved. So when I go to a hotel and fire it up and connect, all our phones, ipads, Roku, even an Amazon echo we sometimes take will will all connect right up. Sometimes I even luck out and the lan cable going into the TV will be unmetered. One hotel I was getting 100mbps up/down all week for free.
- 0134340 6y ago
  Or you can buy an older used router for ~$10 that supports FreshTomato or DDWRT, I know those support simultaneous AP and client mode. I spent a year using one for such needs and worked well on an E2500. Or buy a dedicated like OP said as it's probably less trouble and more reliable, depending on model.
- DrAwdeOccarim 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal#Circumvention_of_captive_portals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal#Circumvention_o... In case anyone wants to know more.

throwaway2048 6y ago

In a pinch you can just spoof the wifi MAC address of the chromecast/firestick/roku with a PC, connect to the wifi, deal with the captive portal, then connect the actual device (change your MAC back unless you want fireworks).