Here's the deal: my dorm network uses EAP (802.1X) for authentication which doesn't allow me to set-up my own router (or, at least i hope, not directly) for Wi-Fi. It's an older linksys WRT54GR so... not many options. I've been trying to find ways to circumvent this like using VM-s to pass the internet connection to the router but, since i'm a novice at networking, I'm basically trying to paint Picasso-style in the dark with a teaspoon. I'm asking you if you know how I might be able to set up my router through my computer which btw has two NIC-s, one integrated and a USB one?? I's it even possible?? Let's find out.
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If you have an Ethernet connection in your room you can just plug the router's wan port in to that and connect your desktop to the router. Then use the wireless on the router, shouldn't be much configuration required.
Well, while I was home that was exactly what I did (since we had 2 router's: a main and my own), even managing to pull off Port Forwarding for my TeamSpeak server through both of them, but since I have a network here requiring authentication.... nope, not possible.
Pretty typical for universities and businesses to put device authentication on their networks so people don't plug in rogue networking devices. Also, I'd check your dorm agreement to see if you're violating any sort of policy.
We did something like this at my work with PFsense and a subnet (not quite sure cause I didn't set it up) but they shut us down within the week. I don't think you can, cause @Decheka said, they like to know who/what is plugged where. Also keeps them on track with who is visiting/downloading what, FYI you don't wanna torrent anything at school.
Yeah I would check, cause at my university, even one violation is subject to a network ban that is a 1 year minimum, I think. I wouldn't take the risk if you're not sure.
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About the policies... I will probably scroll through them when I get the chance since they're not on-line (as far as I know), but the torrenting I do know about so I basically stay the hell away from that, eve though some folks in my dorm managed to be able to do that by setting up VPN-s and encryption.
I've been kind of trying the same thing with Untangle though for me it doesn't seem to have worked so far -_-
you could use windows. just use ICS to share the ethernet port to a wifi connection or a addon ethernet card to passthrough the internet.
@Dje4321 that might work, if you've got gigabit on campus like I do, you might not notice the connection loss much.
But if you wanna game or something, might not work, and you will need a decent net card at the very least.
Was going to say the same, if there is more than one Ethernet port, you can bridge and share the connection back out to the router.
That's kind of what I've been trying to accomplish, but it won't work probably due to having VirtualBox installed. I've tried to bridge the connection between the on-board NIC and a USB one I've bought, but WIN8 won't let me....so I made a VM Win7, set the NIC up in bridge mode in VirtualBox and..... I can bridge them, but the connection to my main PC drops and I have no internet anymore. I have a Wi-Fi card but It's broken so I can't use it to just go pass-through, then connect to the router over Wi-Fi.
Any Ideas??
Torrent traffic is always super obvious. Don't torrent at school.
The way to do it is to have a torrent box setup offsite and remotely control it. Then, when it has your payload just transfer it in over vpn or dropbox or something.
Also, why you trying to setup your own router? Does your school not have a blanketing wifi network of AP's?
Well, my dorm doesn't... some guys have figured out how to make hotspots with their wifi cards with the help of Connectify, but I can't since I don't have a working Wi-Fi card.
I basically need the router for Wi-Fi so I can use my phone even when I'm in my dorm. (btw my college has good wifi)
Is this setup within your schools rules?
For a year or two of having frontier internet service, accompanied by a proprietary routermodem combo, i was so sick of the way that peice of crap rodem operated, I took an tp-link archer c7 and installed Openwrt and managed to configure it to piggyback/daisychain off the rodem wifi so that it authenticates with wpa2, and then setup wireless as the WAN connection as if it were plugged into ethernet without it acknowledging the device is actially a router...
so that worked but it was a pain in the ass
and now i have comcast... whucha gunna do?