A different idea: just get your Roku's mac address, spoof that on your laptop, authenticate, and then connect the Roku. (Not my idea -- source was http://traveling-roku.blogspot.com)
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:11 AM, David Kramer <[email protected]> wrote: > Because the Roku can access content that I don't know how to get to from > a Linux laptop, and it frees my laptop up to do other things. > > I'll admit part of the reason I brought it was just to see how well it > would work in a hotel room; this isn't mission-critical functionality. > > I did contact the front desk because the wired ethernet in the room is > dead (port lights don't even light up). But they SAY if the ethernet > was working, it wouldn't require authentication. That would, of course, > be the ideal solution. My Roku does have a ethernet jack. > > Thanks for all your input so far. > > > On 12/31/2014 07:44 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Kramer >>> >>> 1) Change my laptop's MAC address temporarily to that of the Roku, >> This brings up 2 important points: >> >> If you have your laptop, then what's the point of bringing the roku? You >> could just use your laptop... >> >> and >> >> In my experience, in hotels, usually you can't use your laptop for video >> anyway. They have an internet connection, and not enough bandwidth for 100 >> people all watching netflix or porn in their rooms. I have seen video >> sometimes work in hotel rooms, but usually not. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
