On Sunday 07 November 2010 10:40:10 Paul Stimpson wrote: > Hi, > > +1 for dd-wrt. > > I would ask on your local Freecycle if anyone has a DLink DIR615 (the > wireless router that Virgin Media give you free if you subscribe to the > 50Mbps package) they don't want any more. The Virgin DIR615 comes with > custom Virgin firmware that is notoriously old and bad. Mine crashed so > much with the original firmware that I would have thrown it at the wall if > I hadn't put dd-wrt on it and I've seen others freecycled so hopefully > there will be more going spare. > > Alternatively you could ask the University to fix the problem for you. I > believe that under the disability act they are required to make reasonable > adaptations to accommodate your son's disability. The only problem I can > see is that if you ask for wifi and they tell you it's banned you can't > claim you didn't know it wasn't allowed if you go DIY. > > Before you do anything I would have a look at the rules to see if it is > naughty, see if anyone else is doing it and take precautions like turning > off the SSID broadcast on the AP and using dd-wrt's "MAC address clone" > function to clone the MAC address of the wired Ethernet port on your son's > laptop in case they scan the network looking for unauthorised APs. > > Cheers, > Paul. > > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------
I have an old D-Link ADSL Router at work if you are interested Sean Tim -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
