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[–] [email protected] 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Just open wifi settings on any device you have connected here & connect to your neighbours wifi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Plug a laptop into it and enable the wifi Hotspot feature. Works well on windows/Fedora

[–] possiblylinux127 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear

Where to I point the heat gun to create the hotspot?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

The hotspot is usually in the battery, so point the heat gun towards it. You know you have better wifi if the cells puff up

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

On the phone you used to take the photo, turn on the personal hotspot.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Drill a hole through it to let the signals escape.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago

So, to be able to transmit packets wirelessly, it needs a medium to communicate them over. If you stick it in the microwave for a while, it should begin to absorb the microwave radiation. Once it's full enough (minimum 20 minutes in microwave, recommend full hour if you have the time), it should then start emitting excess microwave radiation that your devices can pick up, and then you can check your e-mail.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I was going to say unplug it, then plug it back in. But I think you got the correct answer right out of the gate.way

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago

Unplug all the wires. Now it's wireless!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Make it wireless by cutting all the cables.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

You need to leave about 15 cm of each internet cable to act as antennae.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just plug a WiFi cable and you're done.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This made me laugh out loud, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Suitable for ~~Apple~~ Pear, ~~Windows~~ Doors and ~~Linux~~ Parrots.

Platform agnostic hardware, nice.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

You're going to need a radioactive isotope. I like cobalt-60 but caesium-137 can work too. Boil it into a tea. Plug one end of a patch cable in to port #6 and dip the other end into the nuke tea. Heavier isotopes give you more speed but less range, that's why I like the cobalt-60. It can punch through building materials pretty good so no dead zones.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

Cut the blue wire, strip it back to the rj45 plug, and then untwist the 4 wire pairs shaping them into antenna. Works every time. You will get signal for 2 city blocks. I promise.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Put it high up in your attic, it’ll sense the elevation and start broadcasting

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Did you check the WiFi fluid level?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

There are already some good tips in the comments, but do not forget to remove the RF shielding inside.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

It just needs more power so the internet waves come out of it, try connecting it directly to the power lines outside your house so the pesky transformer doesn't get in the way

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

after downloadmoreram.com was such a success, i guess something like wifi-hotspot as a service should exist somewhere too

hm, without adding "new" hardware you say?

  • add an old wifi stick
  • add an old raspberry pi 1
  • stick the stick into the berry
  • add hostapd package to berry
  • add old ethernet calble and connect berry with the switch in the picture
  • configure hostapd to mimic a wifi hotspot (thus its not "added", just mimic'ed)
  • configure routing, nat, dns and dhcp server (wlan side) on berry
  • configure dhcp client on berry for lan side
  • use an old cable tie to tie things together so it becomes "one piece"
  • connect the switch with another old ethernet cable to your neighbours internet router

tadaaa !!! turned into wifi hotspot without added hardware beeing "new"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Do you have any PCs (broad meaning) with Ethernet and Wi-Fi module?
It is possible to make a L2 bridge: Wi-Fi module in AP mode + Ethernet NIC.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Take a coat hanger, some duct tape, 3 pennies, and watch s3e5 of Mcguyver.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

You gotta take it near one of those 5G towers, after holding it up near a tower for an hour or twelve, the resonance from the 5G will activate the wifi capabilities.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You have to set the device upright so the wi-fi antenna have access to fresh air.

When the router is flat in the surface the antenna is covered and cannot breathe.