|
Igor Berger commented about WIFI Sniffing Around in Bangkok, On Sunday October 7th, 2007 03:00:00 PM
Andy, you can get free Wi-Fi in all the rooms at our guesthouse 5 minutes away from Khao San Road, Bangkok.
K.S. House Gueshouse
http://www.travelconnecxion.com/guesthouse/kshouse/
Say hello to Charlie while you there and let him get cheap airfare tickets for you to any part of the world.
Comment About WIFI Sniffing Around in Bangkok
Igor Berger commented about The Lost World of Khao San Road, On Tuesday October 9th, 2007 07:22:00 PM
Andy, do you feel more secure on KSR in a native guesthouse or on Sadar street in Calcutta. :)
Comment About The Lost World of Khao San Road
Igor Berger commented about WIFI Sniffing Around in Bangkok, On Wednesday October 10th, 2007 08:31:00 AM
Andy, I agree with you putting one one repeater does not do the job.
We have three access points at K.S. House. One on the first floor which is the lobby, one on the second floor which is a common area, and one on the 5th floor which is our restaurant.
Being that we have 5 floors and 3 of them have an access point we get excelet coverage.
I walked around all the floors and sniffed for the network from many rooms. The floor that has an access point garuanties connectivity in every room on that floor. The 3rd and 4th floor rooms are well covered but there might be some weak spots there because we do not have an AP on them.
Also the ability to have a strong conection on these floors depends if you have a built in Wi-Fi card or external card.
With external card you get a better signal.
But no matter, if our guest will have a problem connecting in some room we will move them to a room with a better signal.
And if we will see a high demand for Wi-Fi from many of our guests we will add access points to 3rd and 4th floor.
So my advise when a guest is making a reservation with us to say that they need Wi-Fi and we will place them in an appropriate room so they will have a great signal.
As you know we care about our customers and will work hard to make their stay with us as plesant and convient as possible. We been around KSR for around 15 years now, working out of our travel agency Charlie Connection Travel & Tour providing air tickets and other travel products to travelers, expats, and turists.
We started the guest house a few years ago and the manager at that time our partner did not put his heart into the job and let it slip.
Charlie and his wife Mattana took over the daily management duties from the old partner manager who decided he had enough and left us.
You can see Charlie and Mattana at the guest house every day.
When you come over please say hello to Charlie and get to know him. He is an institution on KSR.
Maybe you can give him some tips and suggestions about running a friendly and interesting guest house for travelers!
I am in Japan now, so you guys do it without me...
Oh, the Wi-Fi Internet is free for guests and visitors.
If you just want to come in and use it to surf the Net, please do, just buy a cup of coffee or a beer and you are set. We have plenty of places to hang out at the common area!
Comment About WIFI Sniffing Around in Bangkok
Igor Berger commented about Khao San Road WIFI, On Thursday October 11th, 2007 03:12:00 AM
Andy, I am glad you are staying at K.S. House.
We have an Wi-Fi access point on the first floor and on the second floor. And Charlie told me he go another access point for the 5th floor restaurant.
The 3rd and 4th floor the rooms by the stairs can get a signal.
The reason we put a WEP key is so no one rubs our signal.
Once you get the WEP key you can login with the network name and the key.
Sorry about the hot water thermostats we are fixing everything at K.S. house that has a problem.
It is in much better condition than a few months ago.
What has happened is that we got this guest house 2 years ago and put a partner manager in charge of it, but he let it gow down the hill.
So Charlie and I took over the management because the partner gave up and left.
The past few months we been fixing many things.
If something does not work or you see some problem please let me know.
You can get my email address from our Website.
Thank you.
Oh and about the kitchen if you going to stay with us for a while talk to Charlie and I am sure you guys can work something out.
You can even rent the room by the month and get a great discount.
Comment About Khao San Road WIFI
Igor Berger commented about Khao San Road WIFI, On Thursday October 11th, 2007 03:47:00 AM
Andy I do not know why it took you one hour to connect to our Wi-Fi.
All you need is our network name and the WEP key.
Click on the the little monitor on your Windows toolbar and you can see available networs.
The little monitor that looks like a computer is in the right side of your toolbar, and it is the Wi-Fi network symbol.
Once the Wirelsss network connection status software comes up click on the desired network and enter the WEP key and you are done...
I just installed a Wi-Fi system in Japan and I really had a hurd time getting it going.
With K.S. House Wi-Fi it is Lynksis and the WEP key is generated and given to you when you connect the access pointfor the first time, but in Japan I am using Buffalo and the WEP key is generated by the software but not given to you, so you need to use the Windows Wireless Network Setup Wisard where you put the password there and it generates the WEP key for you.
Maybe Windows VIsta works like that with Linksys also, so you need the password and it generates the WEP key automatically for you.
I have not tested with Vista.
Or if you are using the wireless card proprietary software it might be the case also.
So whenever the Wep key does not work for connection, get the password that generated the WEP key and try that using Windows WNSW to generate the WEP key, or if it is disabled because you are using the Wi-Fi card proprietary software, put the password in the software if the correct WEP key does not connect you.
If anyone needs some IT tips please come to my forum and I will try to help you out.
http://www.travelinasia.net/forum/index.php
Comment About Khao San Road WIFI
|
