Setting Up a Desktop Wireless AP

[Skele Drew]

I have a desktop PC that I'd like to setup to share internet via wifi. The internet service I have access to requires a login that only allows one device at a time, so I'm guessing I have to use a computer for that part of it (like making a smartphone into a hotspot to allow other devices to use the data plan). The PC is running Win XP. What's the best hardware in terms of setup and especially for speed: wireless USB or PCI adapter? Apart from that, what else might be needed h/w or s/w-wise?

Or is there a router out there that can do the login and provide the wireless AP ? Really don't want to have to keep a desktop on for this...

[khat17]

http://www.techjamaica.com/forums/sh...ireless-Router

or

http://www.techjamaica.com/forums/sh...stock-firmware

DD-WRT may be able to help with that. So can pfSense - maybe IPCop and other such Linux/Debian based routing apps.

[Skele Drew]

http://www.techjamaica.com/forums/sh...ireless-Router

or

http://www.techjamaica.com/forums/sh...stock-firmware

DD-WRT may be able to help with that. So can pfSense - maybe IPCop and other such Linux/Debian based routing apps.

IDK if I'm missing something here or not. I'm not looking for a firewall, but a way to create a WLAN where I can connect to the internet using ISP provided login/password, and have the internet available on other devices on the network. The login is done through the web browser, so if there's a router f/w with a built in browser out there or something... otherwise I have to use the PC and share the internet from it.

[khat17]

This means you must authenticate on the PC first using the web interface then get access. For this kind of access there is no distro or dd-wrt firmware that I know of that will handle this. Your options then would be free sharing apps like Proxy+ or old time app called Proksi. Anyways - can't help you there. If your thing could authenticate using MAC you could work something out using MAC cloning or so.

[Skele Drew]

Is there a command line browser that could somehow be loaded into the DD-WRT f/w that is advanced enough to give a way to authenticate? Or maybe a script that takes care of it?