wireless at the Riv?

[putt454]

i am trying to remember what was offered in terms of network in the Riviera rooms. if i recall it is wireless only with a pay for use captive portal? is authentication based on MAC address?

i was hoping to share out one legit connection with the other folks i am traveling with. i could bring a wireless router with a bridge function, but i don't see an easy way to use that in combo with a captive portal setup. or could i just login with a laptop, pay for the service and then spoof the MAC address on the AP in bridge mode?

any ideas would be welcome.

-putt

[not5150]

Re: wireless at the Riv?

Make friends with a fed who has an EVDO card :)

[n2f]

Re: wireless at the Riv?

Hotel wireless <-> laptop <-> ethernet connection to a wireless router? Configure the laptop to route between the hotel wireless and the router?

/fed without an EVDO card...

[erehwon]

Re: wireless at the Riv?

Looking over my Defcon after action report, the need of an EVDO card or a phone with EVDO service (PAM) Phone as Modem is right there at the top of the list.

My VPN borked and I found myself pretty much not using my laptop for most of the conference.

Sprint is having a sale on their cards, $60 with unlimited service for another $60 a month. Money well spent if you don't want your details ending on the Wall of Sheep!

[Diesel]

Re: wireless at the Riv?

Yep. That was the only access I could get was via my EVDO tethering to my Blackberry. And where my room was position that was even iffy sometimes. Unless of course I wanted to utilize the F'ing Golden Tree wireless service.

In retrospect though, EVDO was probably safer considering the Con. hah.

Diesel

[Vyrus]

Re: wireless at the Riv?

ya know, it being the same companies year in and year out that host the wifi there, im surprised there hasn't been a gorilla article on how to hack one of them yet <_<...

[sharxbyte]

Re: wireless at the Riv?

me and some friends made a wifi network in the middle of the redwood forest during a camping trip... it involved a satalite wifi router, a very expensive computer, 2 nintendo DSs and 3 psps. it was fun, but i think that alt. to the ancient satalite that one of guys hacked for part of the week, he had to pay like 1.75USD per minute. a little expensive, but i could go that route