Oddbean new post about login | logout Fuckin internet outage for next 48 hours. First one in 8 years. Is there a way to hotspot my unlimited data from my work tablet to my whole home network? Experiencing a fibre optic outage here for the next 48 hours...
Fiber cut?
Wifi hotspot is your friend
Please read again
I mean wifi hotspot from the tablet and then connect your home devices to it. The tablet would play the role of the temporary router+modem
Whole home network. Majority of my infrastructure is ethernet. Cat 6 I need to resume operations, not connect WiFi devices. :)
Anyway to make the tablet act as router behind the Ethernet switches? https://i.nostr.build/3e8ZtBQ8nFL5g0II.jpg
That's one superb looking room😎.
need that Starlink
Back in 2015, I used an app call pdanet still might be available
Pretty sure you can do usbc to Ethernet if you have a droid?
Yes isn't it only Ethernet to USBC, not the other way around?
Short answer? Yes. Long answer? You might use up a good chunk of that 48 hours learning about setting up a gateway using a *nix system. But basically, connect your linux/bsd (pfsense is probably the best option) to your hotspot, connect your wired ethernet card to your existing home switch (or wifi access point -- most likely it's an all in one anyway), and throw a few lines of code in to manage the routing. This article doesn't look like a bad place to start: https://brendonmatheson.com/2020/08/07/wan-failover-to-4G-with-pfsense.html
