Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social
  • Login
It's "All Of Us For All Of Us" Or We're On Our Own

  • Public

    • Public
    • Groups
    • Popular
    • People

Notices tagged with hotelwifi

  1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 05-Feb-2023 01:27:34 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    The #hotel_Wi-Fi is horribly slow tonight. Around 2Mbps download speed.

    We're going to try to have a #videochat with #GS3, #GS4, #GS5 tonight, so I'll hotspot off the phone instead.
    In conversation about 2 months ago from web permalink
  2. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jun-2022 13:00:08 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • simsa04
    @simsa04 The reasons I leave auto-update turned on:

    1. Over the years, Microsoft has made it harder to find, so most people cannot turn it off.

    2. When I turn the computer on often enough, I get updates on the personal laptop before they appear on the work laptop.

    3. This means that I am usually aware of updates and related issues when people at work ask about update related problems.

    4. Since I spend so much time on #hotel_Wi-Fi, I'm not always even guaranteed enough bandwidth to download them, so I want them to download when they can.
    In conversation about 9 months ago from mustard permalink
  3. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 24-May-2022 02:10:34 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    • Baseball
    I bought tickets to a !baseball game. The process is unpleasant. If I wasn't already committed to go, I would not have gone through it.

    1. Visit MLB.com on the (older) tablet and click on the team, then on tickets.
    2. Oops! Their 3rd party processor does not like your #VPN. You're going to have to enter sensitive financial data across #hotel_Wi-Fi. I know that we're using HTTPS, so there's already encryption from me to mpv\.tickets\.com. Okay, I'll risk it.
    3. Okay, pick a game that you want to buy tickets for. Wait up to 4 minutes for the #JavaScript to load and the page to stop jumping around. Now slide the price slider, so you can look at tickets at prices you are willing to pay. Wait for the JS again.
    4. Now you're supposed to choose your seat by which section it is in, so you try to expand the map to see where each section is. The map seems unresponsive, but after 3-4 minutes, it will suddenly start moving. Okay click the back button and do it again.
    5. Click 'buy now'. Wait 3-4 minutes and the 'create an mlb.com account' page opens. Account creation is followed by adding a credit card (or Google Pay) to your account.
    6. You only had 9 minutes to complete the purchase before the tickets go back in the pool. Let's use the laptop instead. And the hotel log in page takes almost 15 minutes to go through tonight. (Once you get in, you've got 10Mbps up and the same amount down.)
    7. Log in to mlb\.com, go back to the ticket buying site. This time, you're able to complete the purchase in a few minutes. Thanks to excessive #JabbaShit, the page is still twitchy. But you got it done anyway.
    8. When you get to the field, you'll need to use the MLB app on your phone in order to present a bar code for entry. No Google account? You can't install the app.
    In conversation about 10 months ago from web permalink
  4. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 19-Mar-2022 23:30:33 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Symmetrical 4.7Mbps down, 4.7Mbps up today.

    #Hotel_Wi-Fi #Hotel_INET
    In conversation about a year ago from web permalink
  5. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 10-Mar-2022 01:01:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Tonight's #Hotel_Wi-Fi speed: 1.4Mbps to 4.5Mbps down, 2.2Mbps to 4.5Mbps up.
    In conversation about a year ago from AndStatus permalink
  6. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 16-Dec-2021 22:00:15 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    The new #hotel room is a lot smaller than the previous one. And no drawers, so either my clothes must remain in the suitcases be hung up.

    This isn’t the worst hotel or room I’ve had since I got to #NYC, so I’m not complaining. Well, except for the abominably slow #hotel_Wi-Fi #Internet service. It is almost as though they have a dial-up modem connecting the network to the wider network of networks called the Internet.
    In conversation about a year ago from Shoyu permalink
  7. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Sep-2021 03:00:41 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Best Buy has my #VPN’s IP address blocked and I’m not going to de-condomize on #hotel_Wi-Fi.
    In conversation Saturday, 18-Sep-2021 03:00:41 UTC from Shoyu permalink
  8. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 02-Sep-2021 03:52:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Thinking about https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GBXMBQF and I realize why I no longer take a travel router with me when I go somewhere: There aren't many places that give you an Ethernet port any more. They're all Wi-Fi.

    A good idea would be a Wi-Fi intermediary that you connect to the #hotel_wi-fi and it presents as a single device ... but you can connect multiple devices behind it. And yes, building in #Tor, #I2P, #OpenVPN, #WireGuard, #IPSec endpoints that could be used to prevent the hotel's network and its users from spying on your traffic would be great.

    I think I'll go back to carrying a Wi-Fi hotspot when I travel. (I do occasionally use my phone as a hotspot, but battery life is not good when the hotspot is running.)
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Sep-2021 03:52:51 UTC from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Amazon.com: GL.iNet GL-AR750S-Ext (Slate) Gigabit Travel AC VPN Router, 300Mbps(2.4G)+433Mbps(5G) Wi-Fi, 128MB RAM, MicroSD Support, Repeater Bridge, OpenWrt/LEDE pre-Installed, Cloudflare DNS : Electronics
      Buy GL.iNet GL-AR750S-Ext (Slate) Gigabit Travel AC VPN Router, 300Mbps(2.4G)+433Mbps(5G) Wi-Fi, 128MB RAM, MicroSD Support, Repeater Bridge, OpenWrt/LEDE pre-Installed, Cloudflare DNS: Routers - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases
  9. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 25-Apr-2021 17:49:58 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    On the phone ( no #VPN, just #hotel_Wi-Fi ), speed shows:

    Download: 9.35 Mbps
    Upload: 9.75 Mbps.

    So there’s not much difference (0.85 to 1.0 Mbps difference).
    In conversation Sunday, 25-Apr-2021 17:49:58 UTC from Shoyu permalink
  10. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 25-Apr-2021 17:36:33 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Those tests were taken last night. This morning, speeds are running:

    Download: 8.50 Mbps
    Upload: 8.75 Mbps

    (Why I checked: posting from the iPad [ #hotel_Wi-Fi plus #VPN] tablet took several retries before it succeeded. Posting from the phone [only Wi-Fi, no VPN] continued to work.)
    In conversation Sunday, 25-Apr-2021 17:36:33 UTC from Shoyu permalink
  11. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 25-Apr-2021 13:59:14 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    #Hotel_Wi-Fi plus #VPN --> Three speed tests. Upload speed always 8Mbps, download speed 7Mbps (twice), 9Mbps (once).
    In conversation Sunday, 25-Apr-2021 13:59:14 UTC from mustard permalink
  12. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 12-Mar-2021 05:35:03 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    It could be something bandwidth related also. I'm using #hotel_Wi-Fi and a #VPN.
    In conversation Friday, 12-Mar-2021 05:35:03 UTC from web permalink
  13. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 25-Feb-2021 04:35:55 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    I went with #Mullvad #VPN. The connection is perceptibly slower, but the DNS errors are gone. The original plan was to get both Mullvad and #NordVPN, but I think I'll just use the one for a while.

    #Hotel_INET (whether "wired" or #Hotel_Wi-Fi) is generally not trustworthy enough to use without a VPN. When #Tunnelr (a now-closed VPN service) shut down, I didn't get their announcement. I was in a hotel in #MO and found a large list of sites that were suddenly blocked because I couldn't log into my VPN.

    In that case, the hotel's service provider was local, so when I told the lady at the front desk I was going to move to another hotel over the blocking, the hotel manager called and put someone from the service provider on the phone ... he then logged into the firewall and edited the rules until I was satisfied.
    In conversation Thursday, 25-Feb-2021 04:35:55 UTC from web permalink
  14. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Feb-2021 04:56:38 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Lots of #DNS errors on the #hotel_Wi-Fi recently. I really need to get the #VPN, so I can use the network without whatever interference their provider is introducing.
    In conversation Wednesday, 24-Feb-2021 04:56:38 UTC from web permalink
  15. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2019 02:13:37 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Mark is on the phone. He's connecting his #Roku to the #hotel_Wi-Fi and describing all the obstacles he's encountering. It hasn't been the whole 90 minutes of the call. We've also talked about work stuff.
    In conversation Saturday, 07-Dec-2019 02:13:37 UTC from AndStatus permalink
  16. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 18-Nov-2019 05:23:30 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    LOL. I doubt I'll use it now.

    I created an account on a second-tier webmail service for a particular need. Immediately after creation, they blocked me from using it. I asked why and the reply said something about "Abuse Dept" ... it took me a few days to figure it out: I was using #hotel_Wi-Fi, and of course, #VPN. They decided that meant I had ill intentions.

    Anyway, I wished them luck, saying that once they chased off their security-conscious users, the only ones left would be infected with spam-sending, login-stealing malware and be a headache for their Abuse Dept.

    Their response: after a review, you are welcome to use your account.
    In conversation Monday, 18-Nov-2019 05:23:30 UTC from web permalink
  17. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2019 02:30:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    #hotel_inet of any variety, but especially #hotel_Wi-Fi, stinks horribly.
    In conversation Thursday, 14-Nov-2019 02:30:05 UTC from Shoyu permalink
  18. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2019 01:27:52 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    in reply to
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    • spotlight night shot
    @amic #Hotel_Wi-Fi speed tonight: 2.1 To 4.6 Mbps down, 4.2 to 4.3 Mbps up.
    In conversation Wednesday, 13-Nov-2019 01:27:52 UTC from Shoyu permalink
  19. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2019 03:47:19 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    The #hotel_Wi-Fi here seems to be considerably faster. Retrieving notices and posting are both noticeably faster and more reliable. (At the prior hotel, posting often failed and had to be retried.)
    In conversation Sunday, 10-Nov-2019 03:47:19 UTC from Shoyu permalink
  20. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Nov-2019 23:39:01 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    It is mostly okay using the #Android tablet on my hotspot (no #VPN) when I’m out of high speed data. Everything works, just slowly. The #iOS tablet is on the supposedly faster #hotel_Wi-Fi (with VPN) and some things work intermittently, if at all. Before you ask, yes, I did try putting the iPad on the hotspot without the VPN. No improvement.
    In conversation Tuesday, 05-Nov-2019 23:39:01 UTC from Shoyu permalink
  • Before

Feeds

  • Activity Streams
  • RSS 1.0
  • RSS 2.0
  • Atom
  • Help
  • About
  • FAQ
  • TOS
  • Privacy
  • Source
  • Version
  • Contact

Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social is a social network, courtesy of Federati Networks. It runs on GNU social, version 2.0.0-dev, available under the GNU Affero General Public License.

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 All Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social content and data are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

Switch to mobile site layout.