How To Connect To A Hotel Wireless Internet

How To Connect To A Hotel Wireless Internet

Your first step is to click Start and then highlight Connect To.

Once you have highlighted Connect To, click on Show all connections. Clicking on Wireless Network Connection will only show details of your wireless connection after you have connected to the network.

In the new window that opens you will see all your connection options which will vary depending on what type of connection options you have installed on your laptop. You will click on the Wireless Network Connection. You will note that when establishing your connection for the first time it will actually say not connected below the connection type.

After you have selected the Wireless Network Connection, a new window opens which will show all the available networks. When you checked into your hotel you should have received the name of the Wireless Internet service provider or perhaps when researching which hotel to use, you obtained that information. In my case, i-Hotel is the Wireless Internet provider for my hotel.As you may note in the diagram, there was another wireless network that my laptop detected. When I initially set up my connection there were four other networks including the i-hotel service and the one shown. Those other four were not security-enabled and I had access to the SSID for each.

Click on the name of the wireless service provider you wish to connect to in order to begin the process of connecting to that network. After the name is highlighted click on the Connect button on the lower right side of that window.

Next you will see a new window open which shows that Windows is connecting the i-Hotel network (or appropriate network service provider) as the case may be. This connection process should not take very long,. If it does seem to be taking more than two or three minutes, you may have to re-start the connection process.

The Wireless Network Connection window now shows that I am connected to the i-Hotel network. We’re almost ready to access the Internet and get to work.

Open your browser of choice and the Welcome screen for the wireless Internet service provider will be what you are now viewing. When you checked in or when you called the hotel Front Desk to check on accessing the wireless network, you will have been provided with an authorization code. You enter this code on the Welcome screen and be sure to watch the case usage.

Once you have entered the correct authorization information, a new window opens on your desktop to confirm that you are connected and it indicates your signal strength. Depending on where you are located in the hotel and where the access points have been setup, your signal strength may be low. In many cases changing your position even within your room can make an improvement in signal strength.

Our final step is checking the details of our connection. You may need this information in case you have to contact Customer Service and it never hurts to know the details of your connection. Right click on the wireless connection icon in the lower right of your desktop and you can view the speed, strength and status of your wireless connection.