[MLB-WIRELESS] How can I make a portable wirelessdelivery system?

[Rob Clark]

Peter,

Too easy.

Buy one of these from my www site 
http://store.freenet-antennas.com/product_info.php?products_id=258

It comes with 'SoftAP' software - that is it can be an AP.

The uses XP as a WWW server.

Done.

Cheers

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au 
> [mailto:melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of 
> mw at freenet.net.au
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 9:19 AM
> To: 'Peter Berrett'; melbwireless at melbournewireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] How can I make a portable 
> wirelessdelivery system?
> 
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> What a cool concept! :)
> 
> If I were going to do something like that, I'd use a Mikrotik 
> router like
> this: http://shop.duxtel.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=45
> 
> With a case and power supply, less 10% MW member discount, 
> the whole package comes in under $200.
> 
> Then, you add your html docs to the built in web server just 
> by drag-and-drop from any PC.  If there is an internet 
> service available, you could even hook it up and run it as a 
> captive portal to provide access to the estate agent's web site.
> 
> Come to think of it, this would also be a cool service to 
> offer to estate agents to give "window shoppers" access to 
> their web site.
> 
> I know it's not a way to use up your old laptop, but for a 
> really simple, effective, and highly portable solution, you 
> have to consider something like this.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Mike Everest.
> 
> DuxTel Pty Ltd
> www.duxtel.com.au
> Outdoor and Long Range Wireless Specialists
> Shop.duxtel.com.au
> Your One-Stop Wireless HotSpot Shop
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au
> > [mailto:melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter 
> > Berrett
> > Sent: Sunday, 7 December 2008 3:33 PM
> > To: melbwireless at melbournewireless.org.au
> > Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] How can I make a portable wireless delivery
> > system?
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all
> > 
> > Can someone please help me with a project I want to put 
> together and 
> > test out.
> > 
> > I have an old slow laptop - a Toshiba 1550CDS. I also have 
> a small USB 
> > wireless adaptor that I can use with it for netstumbling and such. 
> > There is no important software on the laptop to speak of. It is 
> > running Windows XP but I don't wish to switch to Linux.
> > 
> > What I want to do (in Windows) is reconfigure the laptop 
> using my wifi 
> > adaptor so that it will act as a sort of portable wireless delivery 
> > system. By this I mean the wifi would be an Access Point with DHCP 
> > running and provide access to a prepared web page on the hard drive.
> > 
> > The purpose of this is to make a simple portable wireless delivery 
> > system. Let's say for example, I was selling my house. I 
> could turn my 
> > laptop on and place it in the house. It would not be 
> connected to the 
> > internet - just a standalone laptop permanently on. I would 
> then put a 
> > message on the real estate board outside telling people to connect 
> > their wirelessly enabled laptops to '123 Hobart Street' (ssid of 
> > laptop). When they did so and opened up their browser they would be 
> > automatically taken to a webpage which would have details about the 
> > house and pictures of the inside.
> > 
> > Another use might be at a local festival. You take the laptop along 
> > and set it up and people can login and get information about the 
> > festival, where the toilets are etc.
> > 
> > So I need some way to configure windows to allow people to connect 
> > using their laptop and be taken automatically to a web page of my 
> > choosing on the hard drive of the laptop.
> > 
> > How can I do this without adding any extra hardware and in 
> Windows XP?
> > 
> > Hoping someone can help
> > 
> > Regards Peter
> > 
> > 
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