Greetings from Afghanistan! I am serving with the Army here, and Internet services in our living quarters are very expensive ($100 / month). As you might imagine with the price, there is only one choice for an ISP here (http://afghan.sniperhill.net/faq/). It's a terrible value, because the speed is super super slow, and the customer service sucks.
I would like to make my service wireless to share with my roommates, however, THE ISP ONLY ALLOWS WIRED CONNECTIONS, and will not help with setting up routers and access points to work around this. Of course, the real reason they will not do this is that wireless connections will mean fewer subscriptions for them. So much for helping the troops! So this is what I need help with: How can I enable a wireless connection?
I have a WRT54G2 V1 router / access point. I have tinkered with PPOE settings, IP addresses, DNS (changed to Google DNS), and read forum after forum without any luck. I have also tried connecting the ethernet cable to the router, and then another ethernet cable from the router to the back of my computer, and there is still no connection. I do know the ISP uses Microtik: whenever I log on with the ethernet connection successfully, a window pops up that I have connected to a Microtik hotspot. These same login credentials I used with PPOE in the router, and this did not work.
Your exact solution will help the troops level the playing field with this greedy ISP! You'll be a hero here in Afghanistan. Thanks much. Cheers.
Popeye
I would like to make my service wireless to share with my roommates, however, THE ISP ONLY ALLOWS WIRED CONNECTIONS, and will not help with setting up routers and access points to work around this. Of course, the real reason they will not do this is that wireless connections will mean fewer subscriptions for them. So much for helping the troops! So this is what I need help with: How can I enable a wireless connection?
I have a WRT54G2 V1 router / access point. I have tinkered with PPOE settings, IP addresses, DNS (changed to Google DNS), and read forum after forum without any luck. I have also tried connecting the ethernet cable to the router, and then another ethernet cable from the router to the back of my computer, and there is still no connection. I do know the ISP uses Microtik: whenever I log on with the ethernet connection successfully, a window pops up that I have connected to a Microtik hotspot. These same login credentials I used with PPOE in the router, and this did not work.
Your exact solution will help the troops level the playing field with this greedy ISP! You'll be a hero here in Afghanistan. Thanks much. Cheers.
Popeye