[Asterisk-Users] Astricon

[Brian West]

I'm going to take my WRT54GS and set it up to see if that will work :)

bkw

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Rich Adamson
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 6:04 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Astricon
> 
> > >>	It sure does.  On the astricon.net site you will find "High-speed
> > >>internet access provided by STSN" under hotel features.  I know from
> > >>experience in other Marriots that there is an adaptor in the room (an
> > >>xDSL I'm sure) with a 10/100 ethernet on it.  You register when you
> > >>connect for $9.99 per 24hr span to connect.  I am not sure about Wifi.
> > >>It would be bad if the hotel for Astricon didn't let us use our SIP
> phones!
> > >
> > >
> > > Assuming the equipment is the same stuff that's installed at many of
> > > the Marriott hotels, it talks a web browser to activate the service.
> > > The browser is auto-redirected to an internal hotel web page, and you
> > > authorize the access for the fee (for 24 hours as noted above).
> > >
> > > Be carefull with assumptions... some of these arrangements require the
> web
> > > browser access to open the channel again during that 24 hour period. I
> > > was at one last week, and used a hub in the room thinking I could use
> > > a snom 200 for making calls. Didn't work. PC worked fine has long as
> > > I started with the web browser, then x-lite would work; but the snom
> > > never did. (The snom has been used in lots of hotel rooms around the
> > > country, and I'm quit comfortable with its ability to handle nating,
> > > firewalls, etc.) I wouldn't make any assumptions relative to sip and
> > > iax2 though.
> > >
> > > Rich
> > >
> >
> > Rich,
> >
> > 	Experimenting at various Marriots in several states tells that STSN
> > binds that $9.99 charge your in-room box and MAC address. I register
> > with my laptop (RHEL3 WS & Mozilla) then do NAT firewalling with a
> > second NIC (or built in WiFi) to support other devices.  I would love to
> > try with one of the 802.11b WiFi phones for a nice cordless phone...
> 
> Cool. Only reason for mentioning the above on this list is that we can
> all guess at how many sip phones will be packed for the trip, laptops
> with *, etc, etc. So for those packing, understand the above
> requirements and plan accordingly. :)
> 
> 
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