

This bit is a pain but you can, in fact, work around it with a little creativity. The second problem is the issue of authentication splash screens wherein you can log into the Wi-Fi freely but you need to first stop off at a splash page and accept terms of service, plug in your room number, or otherwise authenticate yourself as a valid user of the Wi-Fi system. Unfortunately as it needs to talk to other devices on the network (specifically to the smartphone, tablet, or computer you’re controlling it with). There’s no way to work around that limitation without bringing in additional hardware. This is a good security measure that prevents other hotel guests from gaining access to your devices (if you, for example, mistakenly turned on network sharing for the Wi-Fi network and left your shared folders wide open).

First, the network may have AP/client isolation turned out wherein any client on the Wi-Fi network is isolated from any other client.
