Comment by user3939382
5 years ago
I would make a deal with a friend or neighbor who gets 5G reception on top of the hill. Connect a 5G modem to a Ubiquiti point-to-point antenna set that beams the connection to the house at the bottom (they have different products depending on the distance).
That may violate the TOS of the original connection but probably wouldn’t come up.
Have you missed all the recent chatter about Ubiquiti? I'd steer well clear and look at other options such as MicroTik et al.
Have you seen the chatter about MikroTik vulnerabilities as well? Everybody has security incidents. What matters is how you handle them.
The last breach was not handled really well by Ubiquiti.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/ubiquiti-all-but-confirm...
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> That may violate the TOS of the original connection but probably wouldn’t come up.
How? If that were true, WiFi range extenders would violate TOS as well.
> How? If that were true, WiFi range extenders would violate TOS as well.
A WiFi extender just repeats the same network with same security, SSID and access password. It doesn't extend connection to third parties.
Similarly, if I have a large property with a large land, I can spread the network to every part of the land with the equipment of my choosing and no one would say anything unless I allow third parties unfettered permanent access to said network.
Same password, yes. But you can alter the SSID, on WEP at least, last time I checked.
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WiFi range extenders usually implies same home and same family members and not the house down the hill so neighbors don’t need to pay their own. It’s a bit absurd though since that house wouldn’t be able to pay their own in this case.