Convenient sharing of wifi networks using a laptop / android smartphone

Question

Android

The situation is as follows: we came to rest in Bulgaria, a company of 4 people. The hotel has wifi, but paid. We bought access, access is limited to one device, phones catch the network badly, but laptops are excellent.
There are 2 laptops. One under Windows, another under Mac OS X 10.8 (air 2012), and several htc phones under android (Nexus One, One S)
Task:
. There is a desire to share the connection to the entire number. But so far I have not found a way out how to do it concisely and simply.
Any guesses? bluetooth connection is the last option, because the speed is low.

Answer 1

I'm afraid the easiest option is: hotel WiFi -> laptop 1 -> wired -> laptop 2 -> WiFi hotspot on laptop 2

Answer 2

try connectify.me
Re-broadcast Wi-Fi is announced in the lite version.

Answer 3

On a laptop with Windows, install Connectify or Virtual Router. It is also possible through the console, without third-party software:
Starting a point:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=PointName key=Password keyUsage=persistent
netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Stop:

netsh wlan stop hostednetwork

View settings:

netsh wlan show settings
netsh wlan show hostednetwork setting=security

Combined script for PowerShell:

$ssid = "defaultSSID"
$pass = "defaultPASSWODR"

if ($Args.count > 0) 
{
    if ($Args[0] = "start")
    {
        if ($Args.count > 1) 
        {
            $ssid = $Args[1]
        }
        if ($Args.count > 2) 
        {
            $pass = $Args[2]
        }
        netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=$ssid key=$pass keyUsage=persistent
        netsh wlan start hostednetwork
    }
    else
    {
        if ($Args[0] = "stop")
        {
            netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
        }
    }
}
else 
{
    netsh wlan show settings
    netsh wlan show hostednetwork setting=security
}

Answer 4

Hotel WiFi -> HTC USB tethering->macos wifi sharing

Answer 5

If I were you, without hesitation in the nearest store, without stinting a thousand rubles, I would buy a banal router with a repeater and not suffer from nonsense. Some ASUS RT-G32 , if the memory does not lie, calmly knows how to do this.

Answer 6

WiFi - laptop - usb / bluetooth - mobile - your own WiFi.
Then you need to force the mobile to route as it should:

route add default gw <ip_of_note_on_usb0> metric 20 # брать интернеты с usb0; метрика опциональна, для работы по gprs в другое время.
sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o wlan0 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT

Didn't check it myself, I could be wrong about something. But at least this will solve the issue of mobility.

Answer 7

w3bsit3-dns.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=175743 sea of ​​ways to connect + painted about soft ap and ad hoc. There is no ad hoc support in official android firmware, therefore, in order to connect a smartphone to Wi-Fi, a computer requires
1) soft ap support in a laptop
Or
2) root on a smartphone
Or
3) a wifi router with soft ap support