Internet Access in Atlantis Resort Hotel Rooms

Taking a trip to Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the beautiful Bahamas? If you can leave your laptop and all electronic toys behind and just enjoy the beach, then good for you. But if you want internet access while staying at Atlantis and check their website or call the resort, you may be disappointed.

Atlantis’ website and phone representatives will tell you that there is no in-room internet access at Atlantis, but that wireless internet is available in certain lobbies and other common areas for $10 per day.

Why this misinformation I don’t know. As of April 1st, 2008, internet access was available in the rooms in both Beach Towers and Coral Towers, and these aren’t the newly renovated areas.

If your room is close enough to a common area, you may well connect to the wireless provided in the common areas. But wired access is available, in fact you may even find a Cat 5e cable in the drawer in the room.

The trick is knowing what to look for. There is a black box behind the entertainment center with many cables protruding. There are two Ethernet jacks on the back of this box. The one in the center of the back is likely for data in. The other is conveniently labeled “laptop”. Plug right in to that if you like and you will get the same $10 per day internet access right in your room.

You may find that jack already has a cable plugged into it. If that is the case, it probably runs to a convenience jack located by the table next to the entertainment center which should then have an open Ethernet jack that you can plug into.

If you really want the best of all worlds, take a LinkSys travel router with you and plug it into the wall power jack. It can then either relay the wireless signal (if you are close enough) or you can plug it into the Ethernet jack against the wall or the laptop connection on the black box.

With the LinkSys travel router connected either wirelessly or via cable you have the additional protection of a hardware router protecting your computer and optionally have the wireless access to roam about your room and balcony. The router also gives you the option of connecting more than one PC; however you may have to pay the $10 for each PC.

The bottom line is that there definitely is in-room internet access at Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas; at least in the older Beach and Coral towers.