Re: Hotel Internet (Comcast) broken -- suggestions?

"John E." <incognito@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I'm staying at a Ramada Inn in the Washington D.C. area for a few months[/color]
that[color=blue]
> advertises Ethernet internet access via Comcast in each room.
>
> Normally it is dynamic IP (DHCP) setup. When you run your browser, a[/color]
Comcast[color=blue]
> web page comes up and once you click on the "Connect" button, you're up[/color]
and[color=blue]
> running for all TCP/IP applications.
>
> Well, in my current room the internet access isn't working. Pings anywhere
> fail.
>
> I had the hotel "engineer" come and replace the little box on the wall[/color]
that[color=blue]
> branches off the Ethernet connector from the TV cable. The replacement was
> brand new (I watched him take it out of the packaging and install it). No
> change in net access.
>
> The TV signal is what I would call excellent -- no visible noise, so as[/color]
far[color=blue]
> as connection issues, it doesn't look like the obvious cause. All[/color]
connectors[color=blue]
> seem tight and no frayed connections. I tried using a known-good Ethernet
> cable in place of the hotel's cable with no improvement.
>
> The engineer is a bit challenged when talking about computers or[/color]
electronics,[color=blue]
> so I think he's "maxed out" as far as troubleshooting. There seem to be
> several -- nay, many -- rooms where internet access is broken.[/color]

I had similar problems where a hotel was going under renovations.
Could be a lot of things that can cause what you observe.

Make friends with someone staying in a nearby room w/ working internet and
put a wireless router on their modem.

"Dana" <raff242@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "John E." <incognito@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:0001HW.C1428C620036854AF04075B0@news.readfreenews.net...[color=green]
>> I'm staying at a Ramada Inn in the Washington D.C. area for a few months[/color]
> that[color=green]
>> advertises Ethernet internet access via Comcast in each room.
>>
>> Normally it is dynamic IP (DHCP) setup. When you run your browser, a[/color]
> Comcast[color=green]
>> web page comes up and once you click on the "Connect" button, you're up[/color]
> and[color=green]
>> running for all TCP/IP applications.
>>
>> Well, in my current room the internet access isn't working. Pings
>> anywhere
>> fail.
>>
>> I had the hotel "engineer" come and replace the little box on the wall[/color]
> that[color=green]
>> branches off the Ethernet connector from the TV cable. The replacement
>> was
>> brand new (I watched him take it out of the packaging and install it). No
>> change in net access.
>>
>> The TV signal is what I would call excellent -- no visible noise, so as[/color]
> far[color=green]
>> as connection issues, it doesn't look like the obvious cause. All[/color]
> connectors[color=green]
>> seem tight and no frayed connections. I tried using a known-good Ethernet
>> cable in place of the hotel's cable with no improvement.
>>
>> The engineer is a bit challenged when talking about computers or[/color]
> electronics,[color=green]
>> so I think he's "maxed out" as far as troubleshooting. There seem to be
>> several -- nay, many -- rooms where internet access is broken.[/color]
>
> I had similar problems where a hotel was going under renovations.
> Could be a lot of things that can cause what you observe.
>
>[/color]