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Re:Getting free internet on a cruise, saving $170 by chillers on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:07PM (#44291886)
On Royal Caribbean, it's much simpler. You can open a hotspot and allow other devices to connect. We paid for one device, and friends and family could connect whenever they were nearby. At one point, we had up to 8 connected devices with no issues.
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Re:Getting free internet on a cruise, saving $170 by whizzzkid on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:09PM (#44291916)
This doesn't really work with iOS devices. You need to have an android or better a travel router.
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Re:Getting free internet on a cruise, saving $170 by mixmastamyk on Monday June 16, 2025 @03:35PM (#44292697)
How do you get through a portal on a travel router?
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Re:Getting free internet on a cruise, saving $170 by bitpush on Monday June 16, 2025 @04:24PM (#44293073)
The steps are as follows

1. Turn on travel router

2. Connect to its network

3. Go to travel router's admin page (192.168.8.1 or similar)

4. Click buttons and join the Hotel/Cruise/Flight WiFi

5. Go to neverssl.com (or google.com or whatever)

6. See the captive portal of Hotel/Cruise/Flight and follow instructions.

In other words, for the portal, it is no different than using your phone. The extra step is logging into the admin portal and having the router join the public wifi first.

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Re:Getting free internet on a cruise, saving $170 by mixmastamyk on Monday June 16, 2025 @05:34PM (#44293614)
Ok, so once connected any client can authenticate at the portal page.
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