So I'm moving into an apartment complex with free Wifi (and it appears to be good, high bandwidth, etc) however I want to run my own wifi network for security reasons such as the following.<p>1) I don't want my neighbors casting to my chromecast all the time
2) I don't want my printer visible
3) I just don't want my surfing habits made public to my neighbors.<p>Is there a way I can use a wireless access point to connect to the public network create my own secure wifi network and then tunnel all that traffic to a VPN?<p>Yes I could get my own internet service, but if its free I would prefer not to. Thanks!<p><p>Thanks for any tips and pointers on this.
Note - you do paragraph breaks on HN by leaving a blank line, not by adding a <p> tag.<p>The answer is yes, but you'll have to set things up yourself. One way involves two AP's, and a computer with two ethernet cards. You'll need AP's that can log into other wireless networks (note, not all consumer gear can do this) so be selective.<p>Then you'd wire things like this:<p>AP to apt <--> computer <-> your local AP.<p>The local AP should run a different "channel" to reduce interference overlap, and you'll need to setup the computer as a router and let it handle the VPN and routing for you.<p>You might also look into one of the alternate AP firmwares (Tomato/etc.). They might be able to be setup to work just with a pair of compatible AP's without the computer in between.
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