Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2024-03-22 at 11:45 -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote: > You will almost certainly not be able to connect between devices on a > commercial wifi network. They don't want folks to attack other machines > on the network. It would be a huge scandal if a hotel allowed a guest to > connect to other

Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread Bill Oliver
On Fri, 2024-03-22 at 13:10 -0500, Chris Adams wrote: > > > [snip] > For a lot of "public" wifi networks, it's not even a firewall, it's > that > the access points are set to client isolation mode (so the AP only > allows clients to talk to the gateway).  It's basically an extra > security layer

Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread Joe Zeff
On 03/22/2024 12:02 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: I have, in the past, successfully gotten around firewalls that only allow http/https on tcp by setting the port for ssh to 80,8080,443 or 8443. And if I ever ran into one of those I'd be complaining loud and long and challenging their claims to provid

Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Bill Oliver said: > On Fri, 2024-03-22 at 10:09 -0600, Sbob wrote: > > All > > > > > > I have 2 laptops I need to connect for testing / coding via ssh, if I > > connect each to the hotel wifi I cannot connect across laptops with > > ssh, > > If I grab a wifi router and connect

Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread Bill Oliver
On Fri, 2024-03-22 at 10:09 -0600, Sbob wrote: > All > > > I have 2 laptops I need to connect for testing / coding via ssh, if I > connect each to the hotel wifi I cannot connect across laptops with > ssh, > If I grab a wifi router and connect it to the hotel wifi and use the > router's wifi wi

Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/22/24 09:45, Thomas Cameron wrote: If you want to connect between two laptops, I would just buy an ethernet cable (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Basics-Ethernet-Gold-Plated-Connectors/dp/B00N2VILDM) and configure one laptop with a static ethernet ip address of something like 172.31.101

Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 3/22/24 12:24, bruce wrote: Or... You might talk with the front desk/data person. If a group came in for a meeting and wanted to do what you describe, they might have an additional solution for you to use! Might be worth checking out. good luck That's a great point, but in my experience,

Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread bruce
Or... You might talk with the front desk/data person. If a group came in for a meeting and wanted to do what you describe, they might have an additional solution for you to use! Might be worth checking out. good luck On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM Thomas Cameron wrote: > > On 3/22/24 11:09,

Re: Hotel wifi network - how to connect / ssh between 2 laptops

2024-03-22 Thread Thomas Cameron
On 3/22/24 11:09, Sbob wrote: All I have 2 laptops I need to connect for testing / coding via ssh, if I connect each to the hotel wifi I cannot connect across laptops with ssh, If I grab a wifi router and connect it to the hotel wifi and use the router's wifi will this work? would it also