>>>>> "Dick" == Dick Steffens <[email protected]> writes:
Dick> I may need to be without Comcast for a time. Is there a way to use Dick> a tablet WiFi hotspot and a laptop to feed my router so I can Dick> support two desktops? Dick> We got a small tablet from Verizon before going on a trip in Dick> June. It works well as a WiFi hotspot to connect our laptops. But Dick> since our desktops don't have radios, I'm hoping there's a way to Dick> make one of my laptops serve my router so I can continue to serve Dick> our desktops. I assume I'll need to install and configure Dick> something to be a DCHP server so the router can get an address Dick> from the laptop. Dick> To save on Verizon data usage, I probably won't leave the tablet Dick> connected to Verizon all the time. Is there something I'll need to Dick> do on the laptop so that it doesn't try to connect to the router Dick> when the tablet is off? Or maybe I don't actually turn the tablet Dick> off, but just disconnect it from Verizon. Dick> Advice appreciated. Yes, it's possible. It's not totally simple, though there may be off-the-shelf solutions too, but if you have an access point that is supported by OpenWrt/LEDE that also has a USB host port (many modern ones do), you can install kmod-usbnet and plug your USB dongle or USB tethered phone into the access point's USB port, and away you go, wifi and/or wired but with WAN provided over the USB connected device. PTP has built such things before. We had one at OSCON a few years ago, as a party-trick. Wifi is/was horrible in the exhibit hall, but it worked. -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
