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You can setup your laptop to serve as a network bridge which connects the data from your actual Wifi adapter to a virtual adapter.

The net effect is that:

(a) you have access to the site wifi via the network name and password they supply.
(b) your colleagues have access to the net via the virtual adapter you create and the wifi password you set.
This works out-of-the-box with a Win7Pro machine, simply using a few cmd-prompt commands.

Here's an MSDN page on the topic: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd815243%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^]

And here's a StackOverflow question with examples of use:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23168152/use-netsh-wlan-set-hostednetwork-to-create-a-wifi-hotspot-and-the-authenti[^] (see the answer by Sam for the command required to created the hosted network)

I've used the technique to make an old laptop function as a wifi repeater - albeit by connecting the end-device (the laptop I'm using) to the network that the repeater laptop creates.

TLDR;
  1. To create, type: netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=hotspotname key=123456789
  2. To start, type: netsh wlan start hostednetwork
  3. To stop, type: netsh wlan stop hostednetwork
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