that's the point of a router right? Let me elaborate.
I'm living on campus abroad right now, and there is no dorm wifi. We are given one ethernet port in our room. However, our rooms suck and we always hang out outside the rooms in the nearby lobby.
Now the connection is pretty secure, you must actually log in with your browser to the campus internet with your account every time you want to use it. You also had to register your computer and the MAC address.
I am wondering if there is a way I can create a wireless signal so we don't have to be in our rooms. Will a simple router work? Is there something else I can do?
A router should work. When you try to connect to the network, you'll still have to input your account info.
It really depends on how far you are going to be away from your room
Do they allow routers?
[QUOTE=winsanity;24609778]Do they allow routers?[/QUOTE]
Probably not, the question is will a router actually work or not.
Router+Extenders.
With the the uni's permission of course, and yes it will work.
If your not allowed routers just make the network require a password and have a hidden SSID and only give it to people you like
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The uni should never know
Disable the DCHP function on it, so it's basically just a wireless access point.
Should work, unless they have a really complex and tight network.
You need a "Wireless access point" (WAP). This will remove all the bullshit of setting up a router on a private network.
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[QUOTE=Tezz1235;24613138]You need a "Wireless access point" (WAP). This will remove all the bullshit of setting up a router on a private network.
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99% of all routers nowadays can be set-up to act as a Wireless access point.
OP Do you have a router at your disposal? and if yes, what brand and model?
Of course they can, In some cases you can just disable all the routing functions and run a cable into one of the LAN ports. But if a router isn't available the right equipment for the job makes sense.
Running it into the WAN port is just going to cause problems, especially since he mentioned they needed the MAC addresses and such, A WAP is transparent and the campus' network would be unaware it even existed.
[QUOTE=Tezz1235;24615885]Of course they can, In some cases you can just disable all the routing functions and run a cable into one of the LAN ports. But if a router isn't available the right equipment for the job makes sense.
Running it into the WAN port is just going to cause problems, especially since he mentioned they needed the MAC addresses and such, A WAP is transparent and the campus' network would be unaware it even existed.[/QUOTE]
A cheap router capable of running DD-WRT or Tomato is still a better option.
WAP's are rare these days, except enterprise level one's, since it's cheaper to make and sell a router, that can be set to act "braindead".
Do what jlj1 and Van-man says.
Turn hidden SSID on, and turn DHCP off.
Buying a specific WAP would be stupid.
Router, just disable DHCP or if the network's badly made, you'll screw up everything.
Also you gotta find a gateway to set the router up to, but from there it's all good.
Plug in a computer, get automated settings, set up the router with those settings.
[QUOTE=Tools;24623731]
Also you gotta find a gateway to set the router up to, but from there it's all good.
Plug in a computer, get automated settings, set up the router with those settings.[/QUOTE]
My linksys router with DD-WRT firmware finds those setting automatically, just like a PC would.
Buy a cheap ethernet card for your pc, bridge your two ethernet connections and have the router connect through the pc.
[QUOTE=winsanity;24624456]Buy a cheap ethernet card for your pc, bridge your two ethernet connections and have the router connect through the pc.[/QUOTE]
Why would you do that?
[QUOTE=AGMadsAG;24624490]Why would you do that?[/QUOTE]
It's more of a last resort. He could use the second ethernet port to share the computer's connection to the internet with the router.
[QUOTE=winsanity;24625249]It's more of a last resort. He could use the second ethernet port to share the computer's connection to the internet with the router.[/QUOTE]
Or he could plug the computer into the router... :downs:
[QUOTE=Makuuta;24625511]Or he could plug the computer into the router... :downs:[/QUOTE]
OBVIOUSLY! I mean it's not like they don't allow routers or anything. :downs:
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Yes he could do what tools said, thats why I said as a last resort.
[QUOTE=winsanity;24625799]OBVIOUSLY! I mean it's not like they don't allow routers or anything. :downs:
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Yes he could do what tools said, thats why I said as a last resort.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I should have elaborated but I shortened my words because I had believed that you read the thread and understood what I meant.
"Or he could just plug his computer into the [b]wireless[/b] router."
The LAN plugs on a wireless router act as a switch anyway, with extended capabilities to LAN with any connected wireless computers as well. As long as routing and DHCP are disabled, it should work fine.
Thanks for all the responses
So again, the network is highly restrictive. IM is actually blocked, so is Steam. But you're saying my best bet is to buy a router, disable DHCP, and it turns into basically a wireless extension of the ethernet port?
I can't mess with any network settings, seeing as everything is highly monitored by the uni.
Any network settings that you will mess with are in the router itself.
[QUOTE=Nyaos;24628512]the network is highly restrictive. IM is actually blocked, so is Steam.[/QUOTE]
Most people are gonna hate me for saying this, but Anchorfree HotSpotShield [B]SHOULD[/B] be able to bypass that, though there's a 10 gigabyte per month limit in data transfer with that.
[url]http://hotspotshield.com/[/url]
Meh, Screw anchorfree, get TOR instead. The Onion Router.
A router should work. Like people above me said, it all depends on how far you want the signal to go.
[QUOTE=Nyaos;24611859]Probably not, the question is will a router actually work or not.[/QUOTE]
It will most probably if they do not have added a way to stop routing.
At my institute, connection to the internal net only works if the MAC is registered at our server. But we can use a router on one lane and connect our PCs to it.
Ise a Wireless acces point a 802.11N one. That is ofcourse dependant on if you need to use a modem or router to connct to the network at the moment.
[QUOTE=Gmod guy;24638888]Meh, Screw anchorfree, get TOR instead. The Onion Router.[/QUOTE]
I've used TOR before on my school's restrictive network and it worked fine, but the only problem was browsing was MUCH slower
[QUOTE=Gmod guy;24638888]Meh, Screw anchorfree, get TOR instead. The Onion Router.[/QUOTE]
Believe it or not, but the IT-Manager at a college near me actually managed to block for all TOR traffic.
While HotSpotShield goes unnoticed.
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