I have a MS SurfaceBook 2 running Win10 Pro and have Webroot and Webroot WiFi Security. Sometimes I am not able to connect to WiFi Security when connected to a hotel WiFi. It seems to be just specific hotels. Does anyone else have this problem? Anyone have a solution?
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Cannot connect to WiFi Security on hotel WiFi
Best answer by MajorHavoc
Yep, many hotels block a good number of ports or in many cases block almost all and only a handful, I have seen hotels now blocking outgoing email ports to stop people from sending spam form a hotel room. This is not new, but the firewall rules are getting more strict every day.
As John suggests, I set up n OpenVPN server on a small machine at my home in the DMZ using a few oddball ports not normally used for anything.. It has gotten around most hotel blocks. But it really hurts speed in many cases. I put it outside my main firewall for obvious reasons.
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