Setting up a wireless router on a University Ethernet port.

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Crantzenberg

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I can imagine you guys get floods of questions like this, but I cannot find an answer that solves my problem so here I am adding to the tall stack. I am in a university accommodation hall. I have one Ethernet port in my room and I wish to connect a wireless router(Netgear wnr2200) to it. When I use port directly to my laptop, I am required to login on a proxy connect kind of page by the university. Once done I must then keep the page alive to continue browsing. How in the world can I pull this off with a router. I tried to mac spoof the router as the computer I am using, but no joy. Any extra information you need than just fire away. Thanks dudes

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bill001g

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Its going to depend how they implemented it. In many cases you can put the router in and then you still do the log into the app from a pc. 1 pc runs the app and all the other pc share the connection. Now they can be using a advanced security system like 802.1x that will prevent you from using a router completely but I suspect you can put a router in.
 
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Crantzenberg

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Not really, of course they aren't. But there is always a way to circumnavigate these things. Besides I catch a small bit of wifi from other floors so it must be possible.

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I'll set up the router and come back to you on my findings. I have tried setting up the thing before and I think I got some kind thing saying this device is not registered. Reading from the status on the network show packets are coming through. Enough to assume it works alright. About 20,000. Can't remember if it was in or out though.
 
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Crantzenberg

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I'll try remember off the top of my head. I assume you have your authentication credentials(Password and username)? Connect input of your router to the LAN (mine is a Netgear wnr2200) and your PC to the output ports of the router. Open up a browser. No internet still. Enter the set up process from the routers local address (See router manual for details). From this DO NOT try to configure the router manually. I tried this and couldn't. So please don't be a wise guy and select an automatic configuration option.

Test the newly configured connection on a site of your choosing. Authentication of credentials should be prompted. Log in and continue. Facebook works? Cool!

Now see if the lights on your router box are green. In my case they were. If you are using anything like me it should too. With a WiFi device like a mobile phone which is NOT the PC you have established a connection with, assume to connect to the WiFi router (whatever default name and password/Use WPS button). That should do it... But be careful of Murphy's law haha.

The PC used to create the connection must stay on at all times to utilise WiFi and at least one active authorised tab must be open also.

G'luck
 
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kas-arsenal

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Ok thanks, i will give it a try and yes i have the password and log in. Was wondering is there anyway you can turn that pc off so whenever you connect to that router it takes you straight to the log in page and you can log in and get browsing?
 
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Crantzenberg

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Yeah it can work like that too from my experience. But the signed in session can log out when you leave the browser due to the pseudo multitasking mobile operating systems have(whole other topic). My Blackberry running QNX is the closest thing to real pc multitasking I have seen. So when you want to watch something on let's just say the YouTube app, suddenly the connection times out and you wonder why.

I found just leaving my laptop open and running when I needed WiFi to be the best solution. I'm sure you can lock the screen and it'll be safe too(not sure, but try anyway if security is your concern).
 
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