[Sussex] CrossPost from a Nameless WebLog

[Mark Harrison]

It should be noted that certain members of the Sussex LUG did exactly this
at UKHA2003 earlier this year :-)

As might have been expected, the hotel staff had no idea what was going on -
they simply saw a lot of people with laptops in the bar :-) :-) :-)

M.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Slade" <phil at philslade.uklinux.net>
To: "New Sussex LUG" <Sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Cc: "Brighton LUG (Chat)" <brighton-lug-misc at ourshack.com>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 11:11 PM
Subject: [Sussex] CrossPost from a Nameless WebLog


> 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.
>
>
>
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