Without trying to add to the confusion.......if you have a box that has an internal or external antenna and has a Settings that you can scan for wireless networks, all you have to do is scan for the network, use the hotel password to log on and your box should connect without any other hardware. If you have a wifi scanner or device to find wireless networks, I would strongly recommend you use it BEFORE you check in to see what you can get for signal strength. Some hotels have really bad wifi with nothing more than a cheap 2.4ghz wifi system that will have a whole lot of issues with every microwave in the building. Dropped wifi packets will bring your freezing issues to a whole new level.