Dual Wirless and Wired Network

[Sid]

I need to be able to connect my 2 laptops wirelessly and
sometimes wired. how can i do this easily without having
to change settings all the time? and also i need to be
aable to share my internet connection both times.
please email me your answers or post them.

thanks!
Sid

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I need to be able to connect my 2 laptops wirelessly and
sometimes wired. how can i do this easily without having
to change settings all the time? and also i need to be
aable to share my internet connection both times.
please email me your answers or post them.

Sid,

which settings do you have to change? I think it should work
without any settings change.

Hans-Georg

 

[Chuck]

I need to be able to connect my 2 laptops wirelessly and
sometimes wired. how can i do this easily without having
to change settings all the time? and also i need to be
aable to share my internet connection both times.
please email me your answers or post them.

thanks!
Sid

Sid,

The Windows XP automatic metric feature should let you do this.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=299540

Sid, asking for email on these forums may contribute to the spread and success
of email address mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to
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Cheers,
Chuck
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[John R Weiss]

I need to be able to connect my 2 laptops wirelessly and
sometimes wired. how can i do this easily without having
to change settings all the time? and also i need to be
aable to share my internet connection both times.

Buy a combined wired/wireless router such as the Linksys WRT54G, and PC-Card
network cards for each laptop. If they do not have built-in Ethernet
connections, you will have to buy both wired and wireless cards, as you need.

Connections for the 2 types of connection are set up separately in XP, so all
you have to do is first set up the wired connection (to more easily configure
the router), then the wireless.