[xavi14]

Hi there.. I have one desktop PC in my house and another laptop with wireless functionality. My desktop pc did not have wireless functionality so i bought a wireless card.

My internet line connects to a pc through a USB slot and hence only one pc can be connected to the line at a time.

So i purchased a wireless card (PCI) for my desktop pc, a netgear WG311v3 which is now installed fully. My intention of purchasing the wireless card is to have my internet line connected to my desktop, and then by using internet sharing wirelessly i want to have my laptop share the internet with the desktop.

My problem is, i dont really know what to do.
Both the desktop and the laptop have Vista as their OS.
I did make an attempt to set up an ad-hoc connection using the vista process in "network and sharing" but when the connection was established the laptop could not access the net. The name of the connection as such was "desktop to laptop". And when i entered the "the network and sharing" afterwards, it was displayed that the access for "desktop to laptop" was "local only".. And i think this is why the laptop cant access the net..

Can someone please help me with a step by step guide to set up a new working connection?

[etaf]

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http://forums.techguy.org/web-email/...elp-setup.html
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have a read of these two links
http://www.windowsreference.com/wind...etup-in-vista/
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...b14771033.mspx

you may find that this is not a satidfactory way of accessing the internet, csn be very slow, and a simple router may make life a lot faster

[xavi14]

ok i will take a look at those links posted. Apologies for the duplicate post, i was unsure as to which category this question would fall under..
I will take a look at the links now and give u some feedback

[pedroguy]

As Etaf indicated,the router option to wireless networking bliss is generally the easiest and most trouble free option.They are pretty easy to incorporate into your existing network.
We have some very good tutorials here that can assist you in that regard,if you want to go down the router path.

[JohnWill]

Truthfully, I'd go for a wireless router and connect it as a WAP to the Internet connected desktop using ICS on the desktop.


Connecting two (or more) SOHO broadband routers together.

Note: The "primary" router can be an actual router, a software gateway like Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing, or a server connection that has the capability to supply more than one IP address using DHCP server capability. No changes are made to the primary "router" configuration.

Configure the IP address of the secondary router(s) to be in the same subnet as the primary router, but out of the range of the DHCP server in the primary router. For instance DHCP server addresses 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.100, I'd assign the secondary router 192.168.0.254 as it's IP address, 192.168.0.253 for another router, etc.

Note: Do this first, as you will have to reboot the computer to connect to the router again for the remaining changes.

Disable the DHCP server in the secondary router.

Setup the wireless section just the way you would if it was the primary router, channels, encryption, etc.

Connect from the primary router's LAN port to one of the LAN ports on the secondary router. If there is no uplink port and neither of the routers have auto-sensing ports, use a cross-over cable. Leave the WAN port unconnected!

This procedure bypasses the routing function (NAT layer) and configures the router as a switch (or wireless access point for wireless routers).

For reference, here's a link to a Typical example config using a Netgear router