Moreover, you can block file sharing software, as well as P2P clients such as eDonkey, BitTorrent and other such applications inside the WiFi hotspot. Everyone that connects to it is listed inside a separate tab in the main window, allowing you to view their IP and MAC addresses. Once you’ve done these, you can start the hotspot – it will become available almost immediately. ![]() You can use the default network name (SSID) and key that the application provides at startup, but it’s wiser to choose a stronger password for authentication, as well as a more personal name so that users can recognize your network without much trouble. Wrapped up inside a streamlined design, MyPublicWiFi goes straight to the point with its simple interface, allowing you to setup the network in just a few clicks. MyPublicWiFi isn’t the first, nor the last application of this type, but through ease of use and accessibility, it manages to appeal to users with a lower degree of understanding of WiFi networks and computers. It’s appropriate for home use, as well as in larger environments such as hotels, cafes, meeting rooms and virtually anywhere you require a shared Internet connection. There may be hotels out there more on top of there free wifi restricting security, but so far the places I have stayed at all do this same browser authentication method.MyPublicWiFi is a versatile application, able to share your Internet connection by creating a virtual Wi-Fi hotspot, to which other devices can connect to based on a secure authentication process. Whereas I have been able to successfully do this three times now with just my phone (non rooted) and my Chromecast. I am only posting this here because I have looked online and the other workarounds I see involve additional investments for routers, rooting your phone to mac spoof/using your computer to do that etc. I can't say for sure that it is not MAC spoofing, think of it like having your computer telling the Network that your other device is "cool". If you edit the MAC address (like say input your Chromecast's MAC), and load the page with the edited URL, you can whitelist another MAC address that is not your computers (which was all I needed to do for my chromecast). When you get redirected on a phone/laptop, some browser based authentications pull your local IP address and your MAC address and throw it up into the URL for future reference, but do not check it against your devices actual again after that. But a few weeks ago I noticed something when authenticating with the network. For roku (the old one I have new models may be different), chromecast, and other stuff that does not implement a browser directly this is typically not something that is work-around-able without MAC spoofing. ![]() For laptops and phones, that is no issue since you just need to open up a browser and get redirected. The issue I ran into was most of the hotels required a browser based log on to authenticate your device on their unsecured network. For those who don't want the background skip to the explanation.Īlright, I have been to a few hotels in the past few weeks and decided to pick up a chromecast to watch netflix on the nice big TVs that are kind of boring for me otherwise.
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