I had a similar situation several years ago at a campground in maine. While the wifi service was free, you had to register and they only allowed one connection per campsite. (I don't remember how they restricted it) So, i used my dd-wrt router in client mode and spoofed the laptop i had used to register. Then i used the lan ports to connect a couple of devices. This was before 11N, so service wasn`t the best. But, i could handle a few emergency tasks for work (yeah, i know, it's not a vacation) while the kids could play some games. If you need to hook up more devices, you could bring another dd-wrt router and attach its wan port to one of the other unit's lan ports. Someone has already suggested this. While i haven't used it in the field, i have managed to get a second router hooked up to the first to work in the man cave/dungeon/basement.
HTH Good luck. On Aug 27, 2014 11:47 AM, "John Hall" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hum, I'd search for 'wifi at camp xxx reviews', and call the camp and talk > to them about what has worked for other campers. You might find someone > with a longterm campsite to hook up with. > I would as a plan b bring a long usb teather cable for my cell and share > the connection with my laptop via wifi or route through it to a router. > Hum and a ziplock for the phone ;) > And have a plan c...not network games... some movies on disc/hd...a book. > All those wireless hops may add alot of latency. > An ipad with cellular prepaid (as it comes out of the apple store) can all > be used as a bubble and you only need to pay for that month. there is no > contract. This verizon jetpack is $80, and the plan is pre-paid. > http://www.verizonwireless.com/prepaid/prepaid-jetpack/ > > http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Ipkg > The packages for dd-wrt have pretty much all the net stuff youd use on a > linux box. > I have one of these yagi outdoor pole mountable 25" yagi from amazon > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008Z4DNFC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 > I am just getting a new router set up and for noe just point the yagi to > the area outside where I need it at the time. > > If you get a good line of site to your camp with the N router as bridge you > might just connect your devices to it directly and leave the G out of the > picture...I think it might degrade things if your devices do N. > I haven't, but I'm interested in your results. I also go camping and have > had to resort to getting a mifi which has a 10GB limit and I often go over. > if there was a way to do what you're doing and limit my mifi use, I'd be > interested. I'd also be interested to see if someone could accomplish with > a Raspberry Pi. > > Matt > > > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:38 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Here's the scenario: > > > > I like to go camping and often times they provide wireless access, but > the > > camp site is often pretty far away from the wireless access point. I have > > a long distance wireless-G router with a high gain antenna. I have a > > second wireless-N router. Both routers are running DD-WRT. > > > > > > I should be able to connect to the camp ground's wireless with the high > > gain antenna using the Wireless-G router with a DHCP assign IP address. I > > should then be able to NAT to my own local subnet and be able to connect > > the Wireless-N to my local subnet and provide access to phones, tablets, > > and laptops. > > > > If these were standard linux boxes, this would be fairly easy, but the > > standard tools don't seem available on DD-WRT's shell. > > > > Has anyone done this? Got a good link? (I have googled, but the examples > > I've found aren't quite right or don't really work.) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
