awraynor Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 With my pending job change I am looking at a likely 4-8 week stay in an Extended Stay Hotel Environment. I would like to connect a desktop, notebook and my 2011 box to the network. I understand this to be a less than desirable scenario in many ways, not looking forward to it. What are some best practices that I could follow in this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj88 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I'd put an intermediate router/firewall between the hotel network and my own equipment. And then depending on the sensitivity of my work, I'd go one step further and configure a VPN connection to my work HQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awraynor Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 My family will stay behind for a couple of months and leaving the DIR-655 with them. Given it already works well with Ooma and everything else. I found my trusty old Linksys WRT-54G loaded with DD-WRT in the closet as we were packing. I've got it in the box with me and thought the router would be a good idea. I'll set all to a public network, with windows firewall enabled. The server has BitDefender Free with windows firewall. The desktop with BitDefender Sphere and I can use their firewall in lieu of Windows Firewall if that would be superior. I will likely take my wife's Windows 8.1 notebook and leave her the chromebook. She likes the Chromebook better anyway. Given the length of stay I want to be as safe as possible. This is certainly an impetus to find a house as quickly as possible, but I'll be in there for at least a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oj88 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I also have a DD-WRT router running OpenVPN.... Well, my need to access geo-blocked sites is my reason for setting it up. But I imagine you could do the same for purposes of security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwills Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 If the hotel has a wired connection uee your router there and just creste your own private network. Definitely create a VPN back to the home network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awraynor Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 If the hotel has a wired connection uee your router there and just creste your own private network. Definitely create a VPN back to the home network. Seems the way to go. Now to get on the ground and actually find somewhere to stay temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwills Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Been there done that....have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 ...and enjoy that painfully slow internet access - even wired. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awraynor Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yes. It is a suboptimal situation in many ways. I hope it is a max of 6-8 weeks. Thankfully I have already seeded my 800GB CrashPlan backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Absolutely put a router between you and the hotel LAN -- treat it as if it's the Internet which, in a way, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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