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I will explain my use case but I am asking about what is technically available with Wi-Fi technology, so please don't submit alternative solutions as answers.

I have a MacBook Air and a cheap Windows netbook, each with Wi-Fi.

My home Internet is provided via Wi-Fi with a captive portal that only allows me to long on with one device.

I want to be able to use both the Windows and Mac laptops on the Wi-Fi Internet provided where I live.

When I ask non-technical people about this they all seem to think it's not possible. I'm technical but I suck at networking.

A Wi-Fi adapter can obviously both send and receive so there doesn't seem to be a hardware reason this is not possible. But perhaps the Wi-Fi networking protocols were not designed with such a possibility taken into account?

So can Wi-Fi technically solve this problem? If so what terminology is used for this so I can read up on it? If not, what are the limiting factors that prevent it?

hippietrail
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You can try to connect the Wifi with your Windows PC. And if you have windows 7 or above you can share the wifi from your windows with a "hostednetwork".

This will create a new Hotspot an your WindowsPC, and you can connect your Mac to this Hotspot.

Try these commands, this will create a new Hotspot on you WindowsPC:

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=YOUR_NEW_HOTSPOT_NAME key=YOUR_HOTSPOT_PASSWORD
netsh wlan start hostednetwork

Run the following Commands to disable the Hotspot:

netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=disallow

Here is a step by step tuturial. It`s in german, I hope it helps anyway.

Tuturial: http://praxistipps.chip.de/wlan-hotspot-unter-windows-7-erstellen-so-gehts_9939

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