Sharing Internet Ethernet Connection over Wireless Network

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booya30

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In order to save (precious) data on my phone, I'd like to create a WiFi network in my room.

I currently have:
Netgear DGN2200 Router
Ethernet Internet connection supplied by the university.

The catch is that the Ethernet connection only allows 1 MAC to be assigned per port. I have tried to connect the ethernet to the router and switch off the DHCP server, but that still only allows one device to be connected at a time.

Is there any way that I can make this work? Proxy settings are also required. Could I set up some sort of Microtik build to take in the Ethernet connection and have the proxy settings entered in there and output that to the router?

Any help would be appreciated :)
Thanks
 
A proxy server will help, but anything not cached will result in the phone not connecting.
I assume the ethernet is a UTP point? So it would need to be UTP - 1st NIC in Proxy PC, 2nd NIC to Router.

Step 1 would be to browse the entire Internet from the proxy PC so it is all nicely cached :)
 
roadcat said:
A proxy server will help, but anything not cached will result in the phone not connecting.
I assume the ethernet is a UTP point? So it would need to be UTP - 1st NIC in Proxy PC, 2nd NIC to Router.

Step 1 would be to browse the entire Internet from the proxy PC so it is all nicely cached :)
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Not entirely sure why you'd think a proxy needs cache to work on a phone. The job of a proxy is to keep a cache yes, but if it doesn't have anything in it, it forwards the request through to the web and caches the result.

You will just use ICS on your PC. So your phone needs to connect to a wireless router that's connected to your PC, and from your PC goes to the ethernet. Any connection made would then have 1 MAC address, and your PC handles the DHCP. It only forwards traffic from it to the internet and handles the return to give it to the correct IP address.
 
Get a wireless adapter for your PC or use your laptop.

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