Setting Up a Wireless Network in Apartments

[liamski]

Hi there

I'm a complete newbie at Wireless networks so please be gentle with me!

In short, currently I have a PC, a USB ADSL modem and a fat new 4.6megabit ADSL connection.

I'm looking to 'sell' my spare capacity to my neighbours who live in my apartment block. I would like to keep 2megabits for myself and let my potential customers share the other 2.6mbits.

The block itself is (a) 3 storeys high, (b) timber framed and (c) I live on the ground floor.

From a technical point of view, I'm not sure if my idea is possible, and what hardware is required if it is. My questions are..

1) What hardware/software would i need? I'm assuming I need a router of some sort.
2) Would the signal from the router be strong enough to penetrate 30ft with 2 ceilings in between (if you see what I mean)?
3) How can I make it secure? MAC addresses?
4) How can I throttle the bandwidth I give to them?
5) I don't want to have to leave my PC on all day. Is there a setup that doesn't need that?

Any help would be appreciated - I'm reasonably technical but not enough though!

cheers, L

[cszeto]

Before you even go through the technical qualifications, what about the contractual side of things? Have you identified and secured an ISP plan that allows you to resell their (the ISP's) access to others? If not, then depending on the ISP and local laws, you may run into problems there...

As for the technical side of things, the forums here are geared at SOHO networking. You appear to be looking for ISP-type assistance. You will probably not find too much of the later subject here.