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Question

How to find Modified Gateway on Public Wifi for Internet

Apr 15, 2018 10:27PM PDT

Okay, so there's an open wifi available. You're connected to it, as it's open, but it has no internet connection. The only way to get internet connection is to find its modified Gateway Address, modify and match it on your device. Now finding the Gateway from let's say 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.250 or sth like that takes a long time. Is there a way or a software to do that for you? A software where it will check all possible gateway addresses and find the one with the internet connectivity? Please help.

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Answer
Re: gateway address
Apr 16, 2018 12:44AM PDT

Why not ask the owner of the public WiFi for the correct address?

Where did you get the idea that an access point can have 2 gateways: one to connect without Internet access, and a secret one with Internet access?

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Owned by the school
Apr 16, 2018 1:18AM PDT

It's a school open WiFi. They just trick some of the students to think they're opening it to the public for them to use it for academic purposes. Someof the students are able to have access by finding it manually. And they keep it to themselves.

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Suggestion
Apr 16, 2018 1:27AM PDT

Go and follow a programming course, and make this program your project. You'll learn a lot.

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Kees is correct
Apr 16, 2018 4:10AM PDT

Ask the school why they won't let you connect if other students can ....

Post was last edited on April 16, 2018 5:42 AM PDT