Hi

The condo management provide free wifi but its using a browser login. And its only for one device.

 

I am wondering if i could use a windows 10 laptop to share the connection via wifi to my other devices. So by leaving my windows laptop on then I would be able to use the internet on  my phone, ipad etc etc.

 

Someone told me i would need a second network adapter (usb one). Is this correct? Would i need special software for that?

 

Another problem I have is that the connection disconnects and needs to be relogged in after a period of inactivity. I am wondering if theres some way to simulate internet activity to stop it disconnecting. Or perhaps theres some software to autumatically go to the web browser login screen and enter password when it disconnects. 

 

What hardware or software do i need to buy?

Yes you can, any router with a wisp function (eg TL-WR710N) can connect to your condo's wifi and distribute the network.

12 hours ago, userabcd said:

Yes you can, any router with a wisp function (eg TL-WR710N) can connect to your condo's wifi and distribute the network.

Thanks but im not sure this is right. http://www.tp-link.com/us/faq-617.html

It says to enter username and password provided by the ISP. But theres no username and password, But i would never know this. Its connecting to a wifi router somewhere in the building which is asking for a login in the web browser.

 

Are you sure what you said is right?

You would use this small TPlink router to connect to your existing buildings wifi network to create a separate network in your condo. You would access the username/password login page through the normal web browser.

 

You normally do not need the ISP info.

 

The steps I would follow are:

Steps 1, 2, 3

Step 4 - select wisp

Step 5 - select dynamic ip and click next

Step 6 - click survey (all the available network connections will be visible)

Step 7 - click connect on the building access point router with the strongest signal for you

Step 8 - client Settings: Confirm the Wireless security mode and input exactly the same Wireless Password of your root router (normally nothing to be configured, but if needed, you can enquire and get this info from your building manager who configured the root router security settings, ie. if they will give it to you)

Step 9 - Set your AP security settings, click next.

Step 10 - Reboot

Step 11 - Open web browser and the login page should come up, enter username and password and you will be connected to the internet and you can distribute the network to as many devices as you want from your router.

 

Do you have an android phone? you could connect that to your buildings wifi network and then you share your phones wifi connection to multiple devices (tethering settings) You could consider to try that first.

Any wireless sub 1000 Baht wireless router with DD-WRT or Tomato can do this.

 

You need to set it in Wireless client mode with the wireless radio as the WAN port. Name the SSID identically to the access point you will connect to.

 

Set the WAN connection to DHCP

 

Then create a virtual interface in wireless settings, set the SSID to whatever you like (and security if you want to stop anyone stealing your borrowed WiFi).

 

To keep the connection alive you can create a CRON job to do whatever e.g. check the time every 15 mins.

 

The bandwidth throughput will be somewhat limited by the radio being split in half (minus overhead) but that probably won't be an issue because the apartment WiFi is almost certainly throttled anyway. 

 

Make sure you locate the router in whichever part of the room has the best signal. You can check that by pinging the gateway from a client device.

 

 

You don't need anything but CONNECTIFY software that will do the job without even adding a USB key.

 

This time it seems that people who always know all on this forum don't know anything...

 

 

28 minutes ago, BsBs said:

You don't need anything but CONNECTIFY software that will do the job without even adding a USB key.

 

This time it seems that people who always know all on this forum don't know anything...

 

 

Yes, thats another alternative as well as others and of course there's the cmd line also, well done. When I used the softwares briefly a long time ago I preferred the hardware route as it was more stable and I could free up my notebook.

38 minutes ago, userabcd said:

Yes, thats another alternative as well as others and of course there's the cmd line also, well done. When I used the softwares briefly a long time ago I preferred the hardware route as it was more stable and I could free up my notebook.

 

 

You had very bad luck as nothing can be more reliable than connectify.

 

 

7 hours ago, BsBs said:

 

 

You had very bad luck as nothing can be more reliable than connectify.

 

 

Connectify not very stable, not compatible with many WiFi cards and costs more than a hardware solution.

 

That is why no one talks about it anymore.

You're talking condo and I've no idea of what arrangement you have there -- whether you rent short term, long term, have a lease, own or what. Other posters here are talking routers and what not, and so if you're in a long term situation, that's surely the way to go.

 

But I've run into this problem myself of late at a couple of different hotels. Management gives their guests only one login ID, even when there are two guests. Kinda chickenshot, IMO. In each case, they could have (and should have) given us two login IDs and passwords to use from the browsers we each might have.

 

Reading this thread, though, I've only just remembered that my phone has hotspot capabilities, and I've sometimes used that to allow others to connect to the internet through my phone. I imagine I could do the same in a hotel room so that both my wife and I could have basic browsing and chat capabilities, though I'm not too sure the speed would be enough for anything involving heavy internet traffic.

 

And might work for you as well. Again, any long term solution should probably be dealt with as described by one or another of the above posters. But if a slap-dash approach would be enough to get you over the hump sometimes and if you have a phone offering hotspot support, might be worth a try.  My phone (at least) offers encryption and passwords, etc,. for hotspot use. Yours probably does as well, so no worries about neighbors piggybacking onto your connection.

 

Just a thought...

4 hours ago, RedQualia said:

You're talking condo and I've no idea of what arrangement you have there -- whether you rent short term, long term, have a lease, own or what. Other posters here are talking routers and what not, and so if you're in a long term situation, that's surely the way to go.

 

But I've run into this problem myself of late at a couple of different hotels. Management gives their guests only one login ID, even when there are two guests. Kinda chickenshot, IMO. In each case, they could have (and should have) given us two login IDs and passwords to use from the browsers we each might have.

 

Reading this thread, though, I've only just remembered that my phone has hotspot capabilities, and I've sometimes used that to allow others to connect to the internet through my phone. I imagine I could do the same in a hotel room so that both my wife and I could have basic browsing and chat capabilities, though I'm not too sure the speed would be enough for anything involving heavy internet traffic.

 

And might work for you as well. Again, any long term solution should probably be dealt with as described by one or another of the above posters. But if a slap-dash approach would be enough to get you over the hump sometimes and if you have a phone offering hotspot support, might be worth a try.  My phone (at least) offers encryption and passwords, etc,. for hotspot use. Yours probably does as well, so no worries about neighbors piggybacking onto your connection.

 

Just a thought...

 

A little one..

 

 

Easy with Win10.

https://www.howtogeek.com/214080/how-to-turn-your-windows-pc-into-a-wi-fi-hotspot/

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