I live in an apartment that provides WiFi that has MAC address whitelisting with a cost per MAC address slot.
What hardware/software can I use to connect to their network and rebroadcast in a new network so that all my devices can connect but the WiFi provider only sees one MAC address connecting?
I’ve tried a WiFi range extender but it appears to be forwarding the MAC address of the my devices
Am I missing something here or can you just use any hotspot capable Smartphone for that?
Signal’s not good enough and I want something more permanent than hotspotting my phone every day
Get an old phone or a cheap one and let it sit in your flat all the time plugged into the wall. Some slightly oder phone with a worn out battery from ebay or something. You can even amplify the signal from that phone via repeater or something
Doesn’t fix the poor signal I get in my region 🙁
Aaah, I get where the misunderstanding is coming from. Smartphones can often relay Wifi as well. Mine (Xiaomi, had the same thing with Samsung and Huawei though) will stay connected to the wifi it’s on and open up a hotspot.