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230017 2004-04-17 04:22:00 Hi there. I have a desktop PC and a laptop. I want the laptop to share everything of the desktop including my jetstream connection. Can I just purchase a pcmcia network card and a pci network card or do I need something called a router? My adsl modem in my desktop is pci.
Cheers Neil
neilcleghorn72 (5536)
230018 2004-04-17 04:37:00 Yes, you can just purchase a pcmia card and a pci card and some crossover cable, and get a proxy to install on the desktop computer to share the internet, which is what I did, but proxies can be a pain, needing a lot of tweaking for certain things such as gaming. Somehow through some weird fluke I got online gaming working on the laptop. I'd advise a router, it's a lot simpler. Wilky (776)
230019 2004-04-17 05:15:00 Thanks for that Wilky.

What proxy would you recommend?
neilcleghorn72 (5536)
230020 2004-04-17 06:38:00 I'm using ProxyPlus, it's free. Search for it on google. Not good for online gaming though, if you want to game then get a router. Wilky (776)
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