I recommend an AirPort Express since: 1) its small even with the Japanese AC adapter 2) its easy to setup and works well for both G and N
Singer On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:58, Will Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been asked to check into the following for one of our employees who > makes frequent trips to Japan: > > ----- > Most hotel rooms where I stay in Japan provide only a wired Ethernet > connection to the Internet; there is no WiFi connectivity in the room. > Although this is sufficient for connecting my Windows laptop, I cannot > use the WiFi service with my iPhone, requiring the expensive use of 3G > international roaming instead. > > Two potential solutions: > 1. Configure my Windows 7 laptop (connected to the Internet via a wired > Ethernet connection) to also serve as a WiFi access point to allow > shared Internet connections by other WiFi devices such as my iPhone and > iPad. (Not sure if this is doable or not.) > 2. Plug a portable WiFi access point into the Ethernet port and bring > WiFi hotspot service into the room. > ----- > > Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing, and can suggest > which solution may be the best, and additionally recommend equipment to > enable this? > > Thanks! > > Willard Dennis > Systems/Network Administrator, Information Systems Technology > Group > NEC Laboratories America, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- The best compliment you could give Pythian for our service is a referral.
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