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Wireless In San Diego

August 18, 2007 by Kirk Biglione

I’m staying at the San Diego Hilton this weekend. It’s a late summer getaway to see a baseball game, eat and drink too much, and generally just get away from it all.

I was assured that the Hilton offered wireless internet. Sure enough, as we unpacked in our room I noticed a card on the desk that read “Getting Connected to the Wireless Network”.

So I think to myself, I’ve connected to hundreds of wireless networks in my time, I don’t need the Hilton’s instructions. I’ll just boot up my laptop, click through the captive portal page, and check my email.

Except there’s no wireless signal available.

That’s when I decided that maybe I should read those instructions more closely. Here’s what they say:

Getting Connected to the Wireless Network:

Make sure you have the required equipment.

– A computer
– A 10/100 Ethernet network interface card (NIC) installed
– TCP/IP protocol properly installed on your computer

Strange, you need an ethernet card to connect to the Hilton’s wireless network. Also, it’s been about a decade since computers came without TCP/IP installed, but that’s beside the point.

The instructions continue:

Configure your laptop and NIC adapter:
Step 1: Make sure your computer is off. Insert the provided category 5 cable (located on the desk) into your computer’s network interface card. Turn on your computer.

Hmmm. Apparently I need to use a Cat 5 cable to connect to the “wireless” internet at the San Diego Hilton.

For the last time people BROADBAND IS NOT THE SAME AS WIRELESS.

I hope this helps someone.

Fortunately, I brought a Linksys access point for just such an occasion, so I really am using wireless right now.

Filed Under: Actual Mileage

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  1. Mark says

    August 18, 2007 at 8:39 pm

    I think you need a “WTF” tag.

  2. Jim says

    August 18, 2007 at 9:24 pm

    Kirk brings an Linksys access point for these type of things, and after being burnt in the same way a few years ago, I don’t go anywhere without a 12′ ethernet cable.

    Even if the hotel isn’t wireless and is explicitly ethernet, it’s still a great investment.

  3. Anonymous says

    August 20, 2007 at 6:37 am

    I recently stayed at the Las Vegas Hilton and they had both wireless and ethernet connectivity in the room. In defense of Paris’ family.

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