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Does it work in a hotel or café?

Card 2 of 4 on the phone: Public Wi-Fi probably won’t work for me, with hotel, cafe and airport icons9:41192.168.4.1

Usually not. Hotel and café networks put a sign-in page between a new device and the internet, and the ticker has no way to tick a box or enter a room number. It notices: the start screen says Something here blocks me. / I can't get past this network. / Use home Wi-Fi or a hotspot., and the setup card warns Placing me on a Public or Guest probably won't work. A phone’s personal hotspot works the same as home Wi-Fi. See Hotel, cafe and public Wi-Fi and Using a phone hotspot.