[Sussex] CrossPost from a Nameless WebLog

[Phil Slade]

I just arrived at XML 2003. The convention centre is charging $40 for the
Wifi password. Expect violence.



In answer to the long held question, can a TiBook with one Wifi card act as
a repeater and relay access to everyone else in the room without them having
to pay, the answer it turns out is yes. How do we do this? Well, first turn
off the built-in Apache installation on the OSX machine that is online. Edit
httpd.conf to load mod_proxy (there are about 20 or so lines to uncomment).
Turn Apache back on. Go to network prefs, and find out your assigned IP
address. Write it on a piece of paper, and pass it around the room, telling
them to set it as their web proxy.

The naughty RSS-people-at-the-back of the room are all online.