turning a computer into an access point?

[yawnmoth]

Say I wanted to turn my Windows XP machine into a wireless access
point. How would I do that? Would enabling Internet Connection
Sharing be sufficient?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You would need to purchase and install a wireless router.
Examples:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Sate...nksys/Common/VisitorWrapper&lid=3978991233B01

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User

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Say I wanted to turn my Windows XP machine into a wireless access
point. How would I do that? Would enabling Internet Connection
Sharing be sufficient?

 

[Plato]

Say I wanted to turn my Windows XP machine into a wireless access
point. How would I do that? Would enabling Internet Connection
Sharing be sufficient?

My son bought a USB device that lets him use other peoples connections
and also broadcast his connection to the pc's with wireless in our home.
Not very fast at all, but very cheap.

 

[yawnmoth]

You would need to purchase and install a wireless router.
Examples:http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C1&childpagename...

I have one, already. However, let's just say that a router does not
suite my purposes. I want to send wireless traffic through a
*computer* so that I may perform an analysis of the traffic - an
analysis that I would not be able to perform with a router.

If you must know, specifically, I'm trying to capture packets sent by
select mobile devices with Wireshark. I can't install Wireshark on
these devices nor can I install it on a router.