This article discusses how to connect any computer or mobile device to a wireless network in a hotel to access the internet securely.
Use the same steps to connect to any Wi-Fi network to access the internet at your hotel:
- For the name and password of the hotel’s wireless network, ask for information at the front desk. The details may also be found on your key card casing or in your check-in documents.
- Confirm that your device has Wi-Fi turned on.
- The majority of current devices come with Internet Modem installed, but if your laptop does not have one, you should buy a USB wireless adapter.
- To see the available wireless networks, open the Wi-Fi settings.
- Click Connect after selecting the network for your hotel.
- When you choose a network on some devices, Wi-Fi will automatically connect. Restart the connection process if this step takes longer than a minute.
- If asked, enter the required password.
- If a web browser doesn’t launch automatically, open one. If the Wi-Fi isn’t free, enter your credit card information, enter an authorization code, or agree to the terms of service to use the service. The password for free Wi-Fi is frequently your room number, last name, or a combination of the two.
- You are granted full guest access to the hotel’s Wi-Fi network once you submit your authorization information. A confirmation screen with your remaining internet usage time should appear. Watch out for any time restrictions so that you can plan your work and utilize the Wi-Fi service.
How do I get back to a hotel WiFi login page?
You can get back to the hotel WiFi login page from your browser history. You can also go back by disconnecting and reconnecting hotel WiFi. This process will get back to you on the hotel WiFi login page.
How can you set up a home WiFi network to request a login and filter web pages?
Since you say there will be a “Linux server” there, the simplest approach would be to configure Linux to perform NAT and direct all HTTP/HTTPS requests to a Squid proxy server that is running in transparent mode and requesting authentication to perform credential-based website access.
Squid configuration is very straightforward, and there is a ton of internet documentation about this kind of setup that is specific to specific distributions.
Your Squid may be avoided in a variety of ways, but doing so will require setting up a http or socks proxy tailored to your browser or using software designed specifically for socksifying, such as hotspot shield.
How do I login to a public WiFi network that won’t open the login screen?
You need Kali Linux for this, and what you do is scan the wifi for a mac address, boot them off, and use theirs. This is known as the captive portal. Search for avoiding captive portals.
What do I do if I have connected to a public WiFi but the login prompt page is not showing up?
- Request the address from the network administrator.
- Try connecting a different device to the same network if you have one, and see if it can access the login page.
- Make a note of the login page address when the device receives the page, then type it into any other devices where you cannot access the login page automatically.
- Try restarting the device.
- Go to settings in the browser on an Android or Apple device, check the “Desktop site” checkbox, and see if you can access the page.
I connected to my Hotels free WiFi on my laptop and my computer keeps telling me the login page is unsecured and won’t let me connect? What should I do?
This typically occurs when their login page is not served using https but rather regular http. In order to test whether adding “https://” before the url works, edit the address bar. Usually, it won’t.
Examining the page that describes the error is the next step. The option to continue is typically at the bottom, but it might be hidden behind a few clicks that warn you about the risks, like a “advanced” or “more info” link.
Is it possible to hack into people’s PCs through a hotel’s WiFi, whether they’re publicly sharing folders or not?
Yes, It is possible. However, it depends on how much security the hotel’s networking team implements.
There is nothing to prevent a hacker from accessing your PC connected to the hotel’s Wi-Fi network if proper security measures are not implemented and each guest is not separated from the others.
Anyhow, when you use a hotel’s Wi-Fi, you agree to and accept the user agreement, and the hotel is not liable if your PC is hacked or its privacy is violated.
However, Any reputable hotel will implement security measures for its users and isolate each visitor by placing them in a separate subnetwork. They are able to access the internet in this way, but not each other.
Can the WiFi owner see what I’m browsing?
Yes, provided that logging is enabled on the WiFi router/access point.
The WiFi router records the traffic that passes through it on its own. The router log cannot be removed by clearing the browser history on your computer.
Can someone on the same WiFi network see what you are browsing?
Yes, with a few tools, it is possible to obtain the information on a network. Usually, a network would be configured for this.
Normally, what you visit can be seen; however, the specifics of what you see are typically not recorded; only the websites visited are seen.
Can the WiFi owner see what I’m browsing? If so, then is there any possibility that I can hide?
Yes, otherwise you won’t be able to access the website; you must disclose the address.
If the first place you go is a proxy server (incorrectly referred to as a VPN), only the proxy server’s address is visible, and the addresses of the websites you visit through the proxy server are encrypted.
