Share Wireless Internet Connection?
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From: Tom Stiller on 10 Jun 2010 20:44 In article <hurueh$d79$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Justin <justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > Why would the speed be cut in half? I want the Mac to act as a router, > routers don't cut speed in half. Because the radio is half duplex. The Mac acting as router must first receive the packet and then transmit it so the local network can receive it. -- Tom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF
From: Justin on 10 Jun 2010 21:39 On 06/10/2010 08:44 PM, Tom Stiller wrote: > In article<hurueh$d79$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > >> Why would the speed be cut in half? I want the Mac to act as a router, >> routers don't cut speed in half. > > Because the radio is half duplex. The Mac acting as router must first > receive the packet and then transmit it so the local network can receive > it. > Hence I'm thinking of using another USB 802.11 adapter other than the built in Airport. Which is what I have to do anyway since Snow Leopard's built in Internet connection sharing won't let me choose the Airport as both.
From: Justin on 10 Jun 2010 21:40 On 06/10/2010 09:06 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote: > In article<hurueh$d79$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > >>> If you can only have one computer on the wifi network, or you need to run >>> tunneling (VPN) software, consider getting a router instead and using >>> it to access the network though the Wifi and providing you with 4 ethernet >>> ports. >> >> I can't do that. The router needs to have the ability to bring up a >> webpage and login via the web interface. > > The router should pass the web page through to the computer. Then you > should be able to log on, and then log the other computer on too. > How can the router get an IP address wirelessly? Remember I do not have access to an ethernet port.
From: Wes Groleau on 10 Jun 2010 21:59 On 06-10-2010 16:57, Justin wrote: > I'm looking for a way to share a wireless Internet connection using my > MBP running Snow Leopard. The problem is, I don't have Ethernet access. > The Internet connection is *all* 802.11. > I figure I can get one of those USB 802.11 adapters, use one to share > the connection, and the other to receive. So my first question is, which > one should I get? > > So basically my goal is to share the Airport Connection, using the > second USB connection. Can I do that? Insuficient data. MBP and what? MBP has an Ethernet port, so you are saying the "what" doesn't? Is there a financial limit? If "what" has ethernet, use a crossover cable or two cables and a switch to connect MBP to "what" Configure NAT on MBP. If "what" has no ethernet port, connect a WiFi AP to the Macbook Pro's Ethernet. Set it to a different channel, different SSID from the hotel's. Now my knowledge gets fuzzy. In both these scenarios, I think, the MBP is a router with NAT. So the hotel will not see a second IP address, and will not need another login? Unless it's working by cookies or session IDs. -- Wes Groleau Film Review: El violin http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/russell?itemid=1428
From: Justin on 10 Jun 2010 22:22
On 06/10/2010 09:53 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote: > In article<hus43o$arn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Justin<justin(a)nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote: > >> Hence I'm thinking of using another USB 802.11 adapter other than the >> built in Airport. > > Get an Airport Express. It should do the job for you. > Ah ha, now we're getting somewhere. Can the Airport Express get an IP address wirelessly, and share that connection wirelessly to other machines? |