Can I connect my openbox without broadband or wifi?

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  • colanbo
    Newbie
    • Oct 2012
    • 3
    #1

    Can I connect my openbox without broadband or wifi?

    Hi Guys, I hope I'm not going over old ground.
    I have just moved house and have no broadband for at least 6 weeks (BT are really useless). There are no good wifi signals.
    I can connect my laptop with an internet dongle. Is it possible to transfer this connections to my openbox s11. I have tried to make a network bridge, but it doesn't seem to work. If anyone can help I will be very grateful. I can't imagen 6 weeks of having to talk with the wife, please help!!!!
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    • CaptainCretin
      Member
      • Oct 2012
      • 75
      #2
      It should work, but only for FTA channels.

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        • saayinla
          Top Poster
          • Nov 2008
          • 162
          #3
          Do you not have smartphone that has wifi hotspot? you can make use of that

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            • beggsy21
              Member
              • Sep 2012
              • 76
              #4
              I can recommend 2 options, firstly if you have a smartphone (iphone 4 etc) use the personal hotspot option to create a wifi hotspot then log on from openbox to that. Alternatively if you have a windows 7 pc you can use a clever little program called virtual router Virtual Router - Wifi Hot Spot for Windows 7 / 2008 R2
              Once you are connected from laptop to your internet dongle connection then run this little free program to share the connection as a hotspot, works for me!

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                • colanbo
                  Newbie
                  • Oct 2012
                  • 3
                  #5
                  Sorry to be a nob, but how do I connect (logon) my Openbox S11 to a wifi network? I only have a Lan/Ethernet port on the back and I don't know any other way to connect.

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                    • nibblitz
                      DK Veteran
                      • May 2010
                      • 1300
                      #6
                      You can only connect an S11 to a network via its ethernet port... You could maybe use a wifi bridge, or home plugs, but you'll still be connecting the box via its ethernet port...
                      Last edited by nibblitz; 9 October, 2012, 16:18.

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                        • seamouse
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 287
                          #7
                          flash a old router with dd wrt, that turns a router to a wifi bridge to connect the network part to a wireless signal
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                            • seanmckeown
                              Top Poster +
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 206
                              #8
                              With mobile hotspot or even using dongles I have never been able to connect to any servers using o2. Using 3 mobile has never been a problem. But in my experience, o2 connects ok and gives an ip address but won't connect to CCcam

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                                • colanbo
                                  Newbie
                                  • Oct 2012
                                  • 3
                                  #9
                                  I've just managed to do this with S11 and XP with my dongle on 3 network.
                                  I downloaded the program at connectify.me
                                  You can then try the pro version for a week.
                                  I then set the "Share Over and Sharing Mode" to my ethernet port and connected my laptop to the openbox via a normal ethernet cable and it works.

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