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I'm wondering how the browser authentication takes place. Just authenticate on the PC once then the BB would be able to pick up a dhcp IP from the router and surf away? Sounds too easy. There must be a catch.
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Every time I've used a router, it does the authentication through the web browser, but after that it allows that single MAC address through. My first attempt with this was at the Aladdin Hotel (now Planet Hollywood) in Vegas. I hooked up my laptop stupidly, paid for service and then no one else could get on. So, I disconnect my laptop, forced my router to clone the MAC address of my laptop, plugged it in, and all 4 laptops we had were on in without issue or authentication required. (Didn't even have to reboot the in-room mode device.
I did the same thing at a Marriott last year, and at a Sheraton a few weeks ago.
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BTW, Amazon is where I saw them for the least, so far.
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Perhaps it is time to make use of that Amazon Prime.