How Can I Share a Hotel’s Single Wi-Fi Connection With All My Devices?

Often times, you find yourself at a hotel that charges a certain amount for Wi-Fi access per each device you want to connect. And there are some prices for which just getting your laptop and phone online for a few days will be an exorbitant added cost to your trip, never mind if you’ve got the family iPad and other devices to contend with.

With Connectify Hotspot, you’ve always got a fully-functional virtual router right inside your PC. Just get on the hotel Wi-Fi with one laptop, give your Connectify Hotspot a name (SSID) and password that other devices will use to connect, and you’re instantly sharing the hotel Wi-Fi as a new, secure wireless access point at the click-of-a-button.

Connect your laptop to the hotel Wi-Fi. If the hotel shows a sign-in or payment page, complete it in a browser on the laptop first. Learn more about sharing a network with a sign-in page.
In Connectify Hotspot, under Create a, choose Wi-Fi hotspot, and choose the hotel Wi-Fi under Internet to share.
Set a Hotspot name and Password, leave Network access on Routed, and click Start hotspot.

With Routed network access, all your devices share the laptop's one connection, so the hotel sees a single device.

Connectify Hotspot sharing, with three devices on the hotspot

While the free version of Connectify Hotspot can be a lifesaver at hotels and airports, it stops the hotspot after a time limit. Upgrading to Hotspot PRO or MAX removes the limit and offers travelers a host of added benefits:

Share 3G and 4G USB Devices as Wi-Fi – Do you travel with a 3G/4G USB dongle to stay connected on-the-road? Upgrade to Connectify Hotspot PRO or MAX, and share your laptop’s mobile broadband connection with any Wi-Fi-enabled device.
You’re in Control – Every edition lets you turn the internet off for a single device on the Clients screen, so you control when the kids can and can’t access the Internet on their laptops and mobile devices. With Hotspot PRO & MAX you can also switch it off for every device at once. You can thank us later!
Chromecast and Connectify – Sure, you like using your Google Chromecast streaming media device to wirelessly “throw” Netflix, YouTube, and any other sites in your Chrome browser onto your TV at home, but as it stands, it’s just too much of a hassle to set this device up on every new hotel Wi-Fi network you encounter. With Chromecast set to sniff out your Connectify Hotspot, watching the best web content on the hotel’s 50” flat-screen is as easy as firing up your laptop.