shadow_06
| how can i make my wireless card bradcast
hello
I was wondering if i can share my DSL internet connection that is on my desktop computer with my laptop making my desktop wireless card broadcast an SSID like a router or access point.
if anyone knows please let me know thanks!!!! |
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efflandt
join:2002-01-25
Elgin, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
| There may be software that can make a wireless device act as an AP. But without that, and more commonly, you can do it using ad-hoc mode for wireless (instead of the usual infrastructure mode).
You would need to enable ICS for whatever on your desktop connects to the internet (ethernet if to a router or modem router or on PPPoE if the desktop uses a bridge modem). If you set up the wireless device on the desktop to ad-hoc mode it should get assigned 192.168.0.1 IP automatically by ICS (no gateway needed on that desktop interface). What I don't remember is whether your laptop would get an IP automatically, or if you have to manually assign it an IP in 192.168.0.x network, netmask 255.255.255.0, gateway 192.168.0.1 (which should be auto IP of desktop wireless) and DNS servers at your ISP. |
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SoonerAl
Old Enough To Know Better
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
edit:
July 25th, @06:02AM
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Also see these links for help with ICS and setting up a bridge with either Vista or XP...
»windowshelp.microsoft.com/window···=&qu=ICS
»www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/
»windowshelp.microsoft.com/window···u=bridge
»www.practicallynetworked.com/sha···idge.htm
Personally I think your better served purchasing a wireless router.
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