How to get your PS5 on the new Hampton Inn (or any hotel) Wi-Fi when the other tricks won't work

I travel a lot for work and frequently stay at a Hampton Inn in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Recently, this Hampton updated their network and changed their Wi-Fi (wifi) log-in process. This broke all the typical tricks to get a PS5 on a hotel Wi-Fi the "correct" way (authenticate via PS5 Wi-Fi on phone, trick PS5 into showing log-in screen by accessing a user manual or the network status, etc.) so I had to find a work-around.
Initially, I just tethered my PS5 to my AT&T mobile hotspot and that worked fine... for gaming, even hours of Call of Duty only took a few hundred megabytes of data and the speeds were ok... 60mbps and around 50-75ms ping. BUT, for watching Hulu, Netflix, or any other streaming video, it takes a lot more data and over a week can take up most of my 40gb hot spot allowance.
SO... I searched for another way that relies on the hotel Wi-Fi and not my phone. I settled on using a Windows 11 Wi-Fi Hotspot through my laptop. In simplest terms, just connect your Windows 11 (or 10) device on the Hampton Inn Wi-Fi using the normal process. Then the PS5 to the laptop hotspot and voila! This video gives the step-by-step.
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:00 - The PS5 won't connect!
0:02:32 - Typical solutions... don't work!
0:03:41 - Tether to your phone?
0:04:28 - The final solution... it'll work!
0:05:10 - Mobile Hotspot on Windows 11
0:06:27 - Connect to Windows 11 Hotspot from PS5
0:07:10 - Connected!

[@NoLackinShorty]

Bro I’m in the same hotel as you same problem and I just started watching I’m praying this works‼️

[@CTK123.]

Your the man saved me from a lot of headaches

[@weltschj]

Thanks! This works perfectly!

[@alirezamoeini654]

Thank you brother. I had the same problem which has been solved with your suggestion.😀👍🏻

[@lizjmom]

THANK YOU - my kid was going nutz and this saved us!!!!

[@berkea.2520]

You’re my savior. Thank you for the information

[@brandonm2848]

This worked for me 100% Thank you so much!!!

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

Glad I could help!

[@CstakAF]

Thank you bro! Life saver from a boring hotel stay!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💪🏾

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

Happy to help!

[@kevincoughlin3455]

Dude, you're my savior!

[@truckinglife5678]

Damn thanks for this I'm at a hilton right now and couldn't figure out what happened and your method let me log in through my laptop.

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

That's great!

[@kyleklein68kk]

You're amazing!

[@MMNemesis17]

I found a loophole. So near the back of the TV there is an ethernet cord hooked up to the cable modem. There's a locking mechanism that locks it but you can use a pin to open it. just unplug it and hook it into your PS5. Connecting speed was 581mbps. Just make sure before you leave hook everything up the way you found it to avoid unnecessary fees. You're welcome 😊 🙏

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

Interesting... I'll be back there in a couple weeks. I'll give it a shot! I've switched from directly connecting my PS5 to Wi-Fi to now connecting my PS5 to my travel router so I can have the travel router on my OpenVPN so I can still use Hulu / Netflix away from home. If this ethernet cord is there, I should be able to hook it to my travel router and get the same benefits plus very fast speeds. Thanks!

[@bigplantmusic9263]

Yo s/o Arkansas I'm from there out in atl rappin

[@trecoles5624]

My girlfriend and I sat here for hours trying to figure out how to connect the hotel wifi to the PS5 and we have did everything beside the last thing you said...Use your laptop into a mobile hotspot but make sure you connect to the hotel wifi. Thanks but due to the long process I have no high speed data left

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

Sorry man most of the video is just me proving that the usual techniques don't work. I still have people tell me they do, so I left that in there. I stay at that hotel once a month and I try it the "correct" way ever time to see if anything has changed and so far, no dice.

[@javiervillegas3324]

Problem is that internet it's too slow with laptop hotspot. It's difficult to play an online game.

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

Yah the ping is pretty bad... I get 120+ pings. Playable but not great. It's great for anything else, though. I was at am Embassy Suites this weekend (also a Hilton hotel) and I retried connecting a few times from my PS5 and one of the times, it did actually give me the PS5 Wi-Fi config option, so I'm going to try that next week when I am back at the Hampton Inn in Fort Smith. I'm wondering if repeatedly trying will eventually work. I'll keep you posted.

[@JohnAlves82]

Yeah that isn’t working for me… the mobile hotspot from my PC… I have Windows 11… 😔 it is saying “It can’t find the IP address within the time limit…” 😭

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

Interesting. I'm running Win 11 on my laptop as well. My first thought is make sure you've connected your laptop to the Hotel Wi-Fi first and verify it is actually connected before turning on the mobile hot spot. If that's not it, do you run a VPN as well? I know if my VPN is enabled, it can stop the Wi-Fi hot spot from starting up. I have to turn off PIA (Private Internet Access vpn), start the mobile hot spot, then connect to the hot spot from the PS5. Let me know if either of these help.

[@DAGAMESHOOTER]

Bro I figured out how to connect to the wifi without that Hotspot method

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

How? I'm staying at Hampton Inn right now... I'll give your solution a try.

[@DAGAMESHOOTER]

It may take a couple tries but it definitely works Apologies Apologies the late reply tho

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

What takes a couple tries? At the Hampton I stay at, there is no way to connect to their Wi-Fi. No way to bring up the hotel log-in page. If you made it work, please send me the steps. I'd much rather do it through the PS5 than tethering to my laptop Wi-Fi.

[@fishingwithmd6489]

All i have is my phone and my ps5 no computer

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

Cheapest option you're gonna be able to do is host a hot spot from your phone, if it allows it. Your other option, though more $, is to buy a travel router. Look up GL.iNet devices. They have some that are just routers and some that also include a VPN (for watching Hulu / Netflix away from home). They range from $30 to $120+.

[@HvnchoWick]

Call the front desk and they will provide a number to call, the wifi services will manually connect your ps5

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

The front desk at this Hampton has no knowledge of any number to call for WiFi setup. I do recall reading somewhere where I could give them my mac address, but haven't had the need since the Wi-Fi hot spot trick works so far. I may push again for a phone # in a couple weeks when I'm there again.

[@espleece5623]

after messing with it for over an hour this worked for me. They had me on in less than a minute of talking to them. Thanks!

[@validn10t]

Condense video SERIOUSLY! Obviously everyone is having the issue. Cut straight to the fix not the backstory and blah blah blah

[@samuelcozart8809]

Bro I don’t have windows I have Mac 🥲

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

While I know nothing about Macs, I did a quick google and found that it should have hot spot capabilities: Settings > Personal Hotspot. Maybe that'll be helpful.

[@NoLackinShorty]

Don’t got the equipment for the method 🫤

[@rockyshowsyouhow4825]

What do you mean?