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Question

Sharing network to devices that can't "sign in?"

Jul 8, 2017 4:06AM PDT

Ok - so I am a relative tech novice but can get my way around just fine but I am having trouble finding a product that can help me. At work, the wireless network we use forces us to open a browser and use a username and password to access the network. That's fine and no issues. But I have a device called Boxcast that allows me to video stream certain events. It can work off of a wireless signal, and it finds my computer's wireless network, only it can't log into it (obviously) bc it's incapable of opening a browser and typing in credentials and there is no "back end" to do it either. It needs an open network plain and simple.

So my question, essentially is this. Is there a way for me to access the network through, say, my laptop and then use that access to feed the Boxcast wirelessly? Or, one step further, is there a way to gain wireless access from my laptop and then feed that access to my device through a cable?

What product(s) would I need and how would it work?

Thanks

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Time to try it wired.
Jul 8, 2017 6:23AM PDT

Your company IT would have to weigh in about breaking the security so for this one, plug it in since there would be no WiFi login page there.

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Works wired already but sometimes I need wireless
Jul 8, 2017 6:41AM PDT

The unit I use can be hard wired and that's how I operate it 95% of the time. No issues there. The issue is when I need to connect from a remote location that only has wifi capability and access, I.e. A soccer field. In those instances I can't connect because there's no back end browser. The back end of the box will tell me it sees the wireless network and give me the signal strength but beyond that it won't connect. If my laptop is there I can obviously connect. My question is - is there a device that would allow me to make my laptop the "source" for the wifi to this box? Does such a product even exist? The laptop would kind of be my "go-between" of middle man in the operation. I don't even care if I can be on the internet with the box, I would just be interested in giving the box the internet it needs to function.

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Then a machine in the middle?
Jul 9, 2017 7:59AM PDT