How do you distribute credentials to residents?
replyMy Macbook is permanently locked out of Cox's hotspot system (used in some U.S. hotels) because the password was given to me on a tiny label which I couldn't read as a blind person except through OCR, and the OCR was wrong a few too many times.
Do macs not spoof their macid (heh) everytime they join a network? I thought android (and windows?) did that already?
replyThey do, by default. You have to override it on a per-network basis to disable this behavior.
replyAs long as I can bind more than one device in my room, and as long as I can "see" the devices amongst themselves, I'd love this. I can imagine people who want inter-room access but they can live through proxies offsite. If I want to do in room sharing, I need in room wifi.
replyGets hard when you bring "smart" TV's to the table. They're going to need to expose into this system somewhat 'credential-free' but if you do it off MAC address then a determined user could disconnect, find MAC, clone ...
It would still be wiser to tie your own router into the hotel system as a gateway, and keep your own PAN behind that.
replyI stayed at a clinic once, and all the smart TVs were on the same network.. I wonder what would've happened if I streamed a video from my phone to another room's TV.
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