WiFi Tip

[CruiseVA]

I learned this on my last cruise.  Be sure you turn off any VPN service you have on whatever device you have (unless you're unlimited).  You won't be able to logout when you are done.

I use Google-Fi for my cell-service, they route all traffic through their VPN by default. I totally forgot about that, but, heads up to the Internet Cafe person, that was the 1st thing he asked me. 

Pretty embarrassing, I've been in IT since pre-internet days doing systems & networking.

LOL!

[Heyref]

Can you please expand on this?   As in dummy it down for the non-teckkies out there - like me.....

[fishywood]

4 minutes ago, Heyref said:

Can you please expand on this?   As in dummy it down for the non-teckkies out there - like me.....

Don't fret yourself. Roughly 99.9% of the general public (outside of those who work in the tech sector) will never use, or never even need to know anything about, a VPN. 

 

OP would have been better off posting this on the Cruising Technology board where the audience there will be a bit more geeky appreciative: 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/677-cruising-technology/

[Fouremco]

2 hours ago, CruiseVA said:

I learned this on my last cruise.

Thanks for the heads-up. As someone new to Princess, that's just the type of tip that I appreciate seeing on this board.

[Thrak]

2 hours ago, fishywood said:

Don't fret yourself. Roughly 99.9% of the general public (outside of those who work in the tech sector) will never use, or never even need to know anything about, a VPN. 

 

OP would have been better off posting this on the Cruising Technology board where the audience there will be a bit more geeky appreciative: 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/677-cruising-technology/

 

My feelings exactly. I doubt more than one other person i know would even know what a VPN was.  I use a VPN for certain things. It's unwise to deal with torrents for instance without a VPN. Heck, I even used it to watch the Princess TV show last year.

[cflutist]

Virtual Private Network.

Retired now, but used VPN from home to access computers at work.

[4cats4me]

18 hours ago, CruiseVA said:

I learned this on my last cruise.  Be sure you turn off any VPN service you have on whatever device you have (unless you're unlimited).  You won't be able to logout when you are done.

I use Google-Fi for my cell-service, they route all traffic through their VPN by default. I totally forgot about that, but, heads up to the Internet Cafe person, that was the 1st thing he asked me. 

Pretty embarrassing, I've been in IT since pre-internet days doing systems & networking.

LOL!

 

Thanks, Chris. Good to know! 

 

[pablo222]

I don't understand why princess doesn't pay the wifi a reasonable wage, so we don't have to tip.