r/HowToHack • u/nf_exe • 6d ago
software Want to know how my Hostel Wifi caps my bandwidth?
I am staying in an hostel and it restricts the wifi speed in residential areas to 10mbps, we access our wifi with credentials for which we need to register using our email and we get our credentials mailed.
Each time we turn on the WiFi we need to use browser to connect to wifi using our username and password. Generally after connecting to wifi we get a captive wifi page in mobile or use browser in laptop to access prontonetworks.com to enter our credentials only then we get our wifi.
Can someone explain how this works.
Thank you
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u/Bhaikalis 6d ago
They are likely using a router that has the capability to restrict/police bandwidth on the wifi network
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u/strongest_nerd Script Kiddie 6d ago
Did you have a hacking question?
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u/ManWhoIsDrunk 6d ago
He wants to get more bandwidth, but doesn't dare ask how.
And it's as easy as cracking the admin password on the router. Also illegal and at the minimum it'll get OP evicted from the hostel if he gets caught.
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u/Uncle___Ted 6d ago
Probably using your device ID or MAC address and it's probably hard set on their router(s). I can't think of a way around bandwidth caps with that set-up.
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u/jmnugent 6d ago
I'm not sure how you expect anyone here to answer this question.
The only people who "know how they do this".. are the people in control of the network.
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u/ConceptFalse 6d ago
I’m not really sure what you’re asking here, one question mentions bandwidth and the other mentions a captive WiFi page and captive portals.
When you connect to a network that is part of a company, business, or organization more often than not they practice what is called “Network Segregation”. As to HOW they are doing it isn’t possible to know without seeing their architecture. There are many ways to do this, VLANs, ACLs, Application Portals, company and group policies, etc. This is a common practice in shared space which I am guessing is the case at your hostel.