Reverse wireless access point
I am currently writing this from a hotel room in Windsor, Ontario, hooked up to a wireless access point. However, I am not using my notebooks wireless card. I am literaly hooked up to a wireless access point. To be precise, a SMC EZ Connect g2.54 GHz wireless ethernet adapter.
If you want free high speed internet access, they give you this little box that contains the ethernet adapter. You then plug the adapter into the wall outlet and, using an ethernet cable, plug it into your notebook. The adapter then connects to the wireless network and sends the signal to your computer. This is a cool, reverse use of a wireless acess point (although I am not totally certain that this thing is an access point).
I have not put my wireless card in yet to see if I can snoop on their network or connect to it without the adapter. My guess is the answer will be no. Using the adapter, they can program it with the passcode and ssid for the network and not have to worry about giving this information to guests. Cool idea for a hotel though.
