From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Wed Jan 10 2001 - 23:51:50 EST
there was a time, gentlemen, when a 12 inch TV was considered opulent in a
hotel room.. :-)
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Goldman" <David_at_dgoldman.com>
To: "Thinkpad mailing list" <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting Hotel Internet Setup
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Mitchell Leben wrote:
> >
> > Imagine my joy to find an Internet access terminal in my hotel room in
> > Maryland. I am using it nowwith my T20, but am confused as to how it
> > works.
> >
> > There is a beigh box on the desk, called 'STSN' Intenet Access. It has
> > plugs for RJ-45, USB, and RJ-11 for modem. Instructions are very
> > minimal. For the Ethernet connection is just says "If you usually
connect
> > the Internet through your office network using your Ethernet card, this
is
> > the most convenient connection. No reconfiguration of your laptop is
> > required. Cables are located in the room closet."
> >
> > I figured this meant it was ready for a DHCP connection, but laughed
> > because what if the laptop is not configured for DHCP?
> >
> > Playing dumb I booted up into Win98SE on my T20, conifgured for static
IP
> > on my home network. Lo and behold, instant Internet access! No DHCP, no
> > reboot, nada.
> >
> > How does this work?
> >
> > Winipcfg reports my usual IP setup.
> >
> > Traceroute from my laptop times out an all hops except the destination.
> >
> > For the USB connection there is a driver CD and a USB cable. I have not
> > tried this option or the modem option.
> >
> > Any thoughts on how this thing works? Some type of transparent proxy?
>
> My guess / hope is that the box is both providing DHCP for anybody already
> configured to use it *AND* for those who are set up for a static IP, it
> acts as a translator that changes whatever your IP is to a private IP
> address on their internal network within all outgoing packets. It should
> then use NAT to reach the outside world.
>
> The interesting issue for you to explore is if you can see anybody else
> in the hotel who is also using the Internet connection. I can see a real
> security problem if this wasn't done right.
>
> My question is, how do they get DNS working right?
>
> --
> David Goldman
>
>
>
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