Share BT Wifi within home network

cavemanoc

cavemanoc

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I'm stuck without wifi while I await my installation. I have signed up to BT Wifi for a month to cover the gap. I get about 1 bar of signal with my 20cm antenna hanging out the top floor window at just the right angle :rolleyes:

The signal is coming in via a usb dongle with an 8DBi antenna attached to it connected to my laptop.

I would like to share the signal (internet) with the rest of my household devices.

Ad-Hoc is out for the Android devices - don't get me started on that soap box! :mad:

I have set up a home wifi network via my belkin router and 'shared' the BT wifi connection via the Windows 7 'allow other users to access the internet via this connection' option pointing it to the wifi card that attaches to the Belkin router.

I connect my Nexus 7 to the router, but it has no internet.

Options?

Is it possible to use the router as an access point to re-broadcast the BT Wifi signal directly?

Do I need to bridge the 2 networks on the laptop?

Help :confused:

Update: When I pull up the 'currently connected to' tab from the wifi icon, it shows both networks correctly, and states that they both have internet, but when I connect to the home network with the Nexus I get no internet.
 
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Judging by the lack of response I guess this is the wrong forum for this type of question, but on the off chance someone can help, I have made a little progress thanks to a useful post found elsewhere:

How to configure a Wi-Fi router to share your computer's 3G data stick connection to everyone.

Connect to the Internet on your 3G data stick.
Plug your laptop to one of the router's LAN ports. Wait until the router connects correctly.
Click Start > Control Panel > View Network status and tasks > Change adapter settings
Right click the modem (or the connection where you get Internet from) > Status > Details. Write down the "IPv4 DNS Servers" on a piece of paper. Click Close once.
Right click the Local Area Network > Status > Details. Write down the "IPv4 Default Gateway". Click Close > Close.
Open the browser and type the IPv4 Default Gateway on the addressbar. Routers are all different so you need to figure out where to find and configure the following:
Review your wireless security settings. What is your SSID? What is your security key? Write this down.
Under WAN, choose "Static IP" instead of "PPPoE" or "Automatic - DHCP".
Under WAN, set the WAN IP to 192.168.137.2
Under WAN, set the Netmask to 255.255.255.0
Under WAN, set the Gateway to 192.168.137.1
Under WAN, set the DNS Server(s) to the "IPv4 DNS Servers" you got from step 4.
Click Save.
Unplug your laptop from the router's LAN port and plug it to the WAN port. Wait until the router connects correctly.
Go back to the "Network connection" screen on Step 4 > Properties > Sharing >
Check "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection."
Under Home networking connection choose "Local Area Connection"
Click OK then OK.
Right click the Local Area Network > Status > Details. Is the IPv4 address "192.168.137.1"? If yes, then you're done! Tell everyone to connect to the wireless router and they will be online.
NOTE: There's a router-less method using "ad-hoc networks", but using a router provides more range and can handle more connected computers or wifi phones.
Click to expand...

I thought this had cracked it - my Belkin router behaved, connected, my android phone connected to the router as usual and then... no internet :(

Going back to the router I noticed that it said Internet Not Connected. I played around a bit and eventually just rebooted it - bingo - Internet Connected, then about 30 seconds later it lost the connection again.

The host computer is still connected to BT Wifi, so the problem seems to lie with the Router not holding the internet connection - anyone able to shed light on this?
 
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