Ho do i share a wireless internet connection?

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?JethroUK=A9?=]

My dad bought a new wireless laptop which he is bringing over to my house to
show me

I don't have a wireless internet connection - but

I have a modern desktop which is hardwired to broadband, and also has a
spare wireless nic

Both machines have Vista Premium and I'm thinking that i can share my
internet connection via the wireless nic

How would I go about that?

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

My dad bought a new wireless laptop which he is bringing over to my
house to show me

I don't have a wireless internet connection - but

I have a modern desktop which is hardwired to broadband, and also has
a spare wireless nic

Both machines have Vista Premium and I'm thinking that i can share my
internet connection via the wireless nic

How would I go about that?

You enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on the wired LAN connection on
your desktop compter and then set up an ad hoc network between the two
machines.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/293c504f-b944-4d5d-835c-f080129bd5dc1033.mspx

ss.

 

[Dave]

The wireless NIC won't help, as it is a receiver, not a transmitter.
Do you have a router, that you can connect the laptop to with a network
cable?

 

[Val]

Back to WiFi 101, Dave. Every WiFi NIC has a transciever - it both
transmits and recieves. How else will you send data out of a wireless PC?


The wireless NIC won't help, as it is a receiver, not a transmitter.
Do you have a router, that you can connect the laptop to with a network
cable?

 

[Dave]

Doh!
My bad...
Thanks for correcting me.

Back to WiFi 101, Dave. Every WiFi NIC has a transciever - it both
transmits and recieves. How else will you send data out of a wireless PC?


The wireless NIC won't help, as it is a receiver, not a transmitter.
Do you have a router, that you can connect the laptop to with a network
cable?

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?JethroUK=A9?=]

You enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) on the wired LAN connection
on your desktop compter and then set up an ad hoc network between the two
machines.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/293c504f-b944-4d5d-835c-f080129bd5dc1033.mspx

ss.

Thanks - I'll give that a try when he comes over next week