Wifi as WAN
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Preface: This is probably not going to work, likely due to my poor understanding of networking (especially internet connection sharing which has rarely worked nicely for me in the past)
Cellphone1 or 2 set to share internet, connected through USB to computer1
Computer1 NIC1 connected to WAN of cheap router, set to share internet connection through NIC1
Computer2 and Computer1 WIFI connected to cheap router to get local IP's + intertubes
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Will the phones do wireless tethering via USB? That would be handy. Especially if they would do it to something other than Windows.
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What about a wireless brigde connect the wan port of a standard wifi router? Phone connects to bridge, router works like normal.
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@anonymous said:
What about a wireless brigde connect the wan port of a standard wifi router? Phone connects to bridge, router works like normal.
Maybe, I wish that I had a diagram of this to make it clearer....
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@scottalanmiller said:
@anonymous said:
What about a wireless brigde connect the wan port of a standard wifi router? Phone connects to bridge, router works like normal.
Maybe, I wish that I had a diagram of this to make it clearer....
Can I make one on my iPhone?
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So you have a wireless to Ethernet bridge. The phone does 4G to WiFi bridging. The bridge connects to the phone. The router will connect to the bridge, request DHCP, the phone will hand out an IP address. That might work.
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@scottalanmiller said:
So you have a wireless to Ethernet bridge. The phone does 4G to WiFi bridging. The bridge connects to the phone. The router will connect to the bridge, request DHCP, the phone will hand out an IP address. That might work.
I think so
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Seems like it will work as long as the bridge allows you to connect to the phone's WiFi. Have one handy to test?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Will the phones do wireless tethering via USB?
My Nexus5 will do USB tethering far faster and more reliably than it does WiFi
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That's not surprising. WiFi always introduces latency and complication. If you can avoid it, that is ideal.
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's not surprising. WiFi always introduces latency and complication. If you can avoid it, that is ideal.
Bridges seem kinda of costly. Couldn't I do the same thing with 2 routers?
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One router in client mode, and one as a normal router?
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@anonymous said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's not surprising. WiFi always introduces latency and complication. If you can avoid it, that is ideal.
Bridges seem kinda of costly. Couldn't I do the same thing with 2 routers?
How costly? Which ones are you looking at? My last bridge was pretty cheap.
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Also remember by implementing this spend a little money and do it right. Because you are eliminating a recurring monthly cost.
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We have a solution!
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How expensive is that device?
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Not your full solution. You will not be able to use both phones at the same time as stated.
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@JaredBusch said:
Not your full solution. You will not be able to use both phones at the same time as stated.
Oh, I thought that he wanted to just be able to use one or the other at any given time, but not both at the exact same time.
Did I misunderstand that?
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Either or both was stated
