I have a long distance wifi antenna that i have pointed at a public library, the antenna is pluged intoa usb slot on my desktop computer. I ran the installation disk that came with the antenna. I am now reciving a strong signal and free to the public internet. My question is how can i hook up a router to this computer so I can take advantage of the wifi? I have a playstation and laptop and also a cell phone that i would like to be able to hook up. thanks in advance!
long distance wifi antenna and a router?
- Thread starter dac_fan
- Start date
Solution
yes, you can plug in the router to your computer to share the internet. You would plug in the WAN port on your router to your computer instead a normal LAN port, and you will have to either bridge the two connections in your "network connections" option, or enable ICS in the properties of the network interface. Also you can just buy another wireless adapter and run this command in the command prompt
start
run
cmd
"
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=PrettyFlyForAWifi key=12345678
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
firewall set opmode disable
"
this will turn your windows machine into a "hotspot" "PrettyFlyForAWifi" will be the SSID and the network key will be 12345678
you can change those if you wish,
to disable this feature type,
"
firewall set opmode enable
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
"
start
run
cmd
"
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=PrettyFlyForAWifi key=12345678
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
firewall set opmode disable
"
this will turn your windows machine into a "hotspot" "PrettyFlyForAWifi" will be the SSID and the network key will be 12345678
you can change those if you wish,
to disable this feature type,
"
firewall set opmode enable
netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
"
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