Mi Box and connecting to hotel/public wifi???

by LymePilot

Has anyone connected their mi box to hotel/public wifi? Any issues getting past the typical browsers and sign in's hotel/public wifi's require?

I travel for work two weeks a month and want something a little more powerful to run Kodi on then the venerable fire stick (although connecting to hotel wifi is a breeze) Thanks!

bhart81

Actually just did this last night for new years with the wife and kid. I side loaded Google chrome on the mibox, opened the app at the hotel, typed in the UN and PW at the Holiday Inn landing page, and boom, good to go!

LymePilot

Awesome, i'm so glad to hear it's hassle free.

Whats the best way to side load on the mi box? Can you use downloader or es explorer?

mecrob

Get yourself a travel router that was WISP. The router will connect to the public wifi and then create your own wifi hotspot for all your devices.

LymePilot

Does the mi box have a default browser? Is the side load even required?