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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/selfhosted
 

I live in an apartment that provides WiFi that has MAC address whitelisting with a cost per MAC address slot.

What hardware/software can I use to connect to their network and rebroadcast in a new network so that all my devices can connect but the WiFi provider only sees one MAC address connecting?

I've tried a WiFi range extender but it appears to be forwarding the MAC address of the my devices

To be clear, the ISP broadcasts its own SSIDs throughout the apartment block and I don't have access to any physical network sockets

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Am I missing something here or can you just use any hotspot capable Smartphone for that?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Signal's not good enough and I want something more permanent than hotspotting my phone every day

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A lot of phones can relay to wifi they are connected to, rather than just using phone signal. That is, instead of using mobile data to provide internet, it forwards connections through the wifi the phone is connected to, essentially acting as a mini router :)

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