How can I set up a home network using housing community supplied wifi.

[teedawg]

I friend of mine lives in a retirement community for those on a fixed income.

He now has cable tv and DSL internet, but the agency that runs the place is switching them to Allo in September.

They will now get internet and tv via this service. The internet will be thru a WAP installed in the attic of the unit he shares with others and he'll apparently be given a password to log into the service.

However, he has a small network set up now with a media server, 2 computers and 2 Rokus that all need to share a subnet etc.

Do I need to set one router up as the receiver and another to broadcast his netword and handle DHCP, or is there one appliance that can do both.

Thanks for your input....cost is a factor here too.

 

[bill001g]

It depends how the password part works it may not be real easy.

What you need is a client-bridge to start. It is a device that makes a ethernet port appear to be a PC. You then need a router/AP to deliver the service to the machine in the room. This is in effect a repeater but a simple repeater will likely not work with their system. It would be pretty much the same as having them connect directly and each would likely have to provide the password which things like roku will not do.

The simplest device I know of is made by hawkingstech but engenius makes outdoor units you could use inside also . The hawking unit is called
HW2R1

Still it may be tricky to get to function depending how the password stuff works. If it is a simple shared encryption key then it will be no issues but if it is using one of the intercept system that make you use a web browser to log into then it could be a issue. You would still have to alway log in with a PC which should then open the hole for everyone else. If they set long timers on this it will be fine.

 

[teedawg]

Thanks, I really hope its a share key, something seniors won't have to fuss with regularly. I have a netgear bridge that might work if thats the case. I live 250 miles away so trying to get this done remotely is tough. I'm going there this week, and didnt plan to go again in sept!