What equip needed to piggyback Hotel's ethernet broadband?

The hotel I use weekly offers an ethernet based broadband access but
the 2 computers are always being used. The hotel's offsite IS guy is
reluctant to add Wi-Fi access as it's not in the budget and probably
lack of know-how. The computers are setup using Win98SE so the users
have no access to the harddrive to install any drivers or other
software. So my question is, can I buy any auto-configuring
bridge/router that will allow me to interface the ethernet connection
with my centrino Dell laptop running XP Pro?

TIA
Arawak

The hotel I stayed at recently used standard 802.11b. They simply gave us
a PIN # is we had our own wireless equipment and the PIN was good for the
duration of the stay. If we didn't have out own equipment the company
offered what was basically a wireless router for a few dollars a night.



On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 01:05:21 +0000, Arawak wrote:

> The hotel I use weekly offers an ethernet based broadband access but
> the 2 computers are always being used. The hotel's offsite IS guy is
> reluctant to add Wi-Fi access as it's not in the budget and probably
> lack of know-how. The computers are setup using Win98SE so the users
> have no access to the harddrive to install any drivers or other
> software. So my question is, can I buy any auto-configuring
> bridge/router that will allow me to interface the ethernet connection
> with my centrino Dell laptop running XP Pro?
>
> TIA
> Arawak

KW <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> The hotel I stayed at recently used standard 802.11b. They simply gave us
> a PIN # is we had our own wireless equipment and the PIN was good for the
> duration of the stay. If we didn't have out own equipment the company
> offered what was basically a wireless router for a few dollars a night.

That sounds like http://www.stayonline.net
I reference their client list before I book a hotel when I travel.