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[nordlp]

Hi !
This is related to the post "a guy walks into a hotel room" .
I manage to share the hotel Connection to all my devices, but the problem is that the other devices do not need to supply any password. I use repeater mode, and by that the new shared Connection gets the same name as the original hotel e.g. "Hotel-Residance". This means that I open up the hotel wifi to everyone in the hotel using my username and password  received at the front desk. I tried hotspot mode as well, but since I do not know the network key for the hotel router this does not work.I tried to leave blank, but after 90 sec it gives up.

Detalis:

DIR-505 Hardware A1   Firmware 1.03
In the hotel the WIFI is open "unlocked" but as soon as I connect the browser prompts for the user and password received (Sometimes paid for) at the front desk. Think this goes for 90% of hotels.

Step by step:
-Repeater mode -
-From computer connect to my D-Link over wifi
-"Launch wireless setup wizard"
-Manual Configuration
-Choosing the Connection of the hotel
-Not possible now to share with different name or to set a password for the new Connection
-After the router restarts the hotel name of the Wifi is now open for all my devices (Ipad Android Iphone) without the need to supply password.

Not so good!

[nordlp]

Upgraded to firmware 1.06 
And now in repeater mode it was possible to define own name for the repeated connection and assign a password. It seems however that I do not need to give password on some of my gadgets. But it might be that I have had that password before

[nordlp]

Verified with yet another of my gadgets that was not used before, and now it seems to work as expected! Network key to the d-link was required (WPS button also worked)
I can share the hotel connection with my gadgets and all they need to do is to enter the security key to the D-link. As soon as I renew on one device all the other are also on the Internet

[FurryNutz]

Sounds like you got it figured out. Is this in repeater mode or Hotspot mode?

[nordlp]

Yes , It works fine. And it is repeater mode. Will verify next time I come to a hotel. But I guess the manual should need to be updated.

[FurryNutz]

Thanks for sharing the feed back. Glad it's working for you.