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| Thread ID: 124937 | 2012-05-28 21:13:00 | How to temporally connect a PC to wifi? | stuffed (1469) | Press F1 |
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| 1278098 | 2012-05-28 21:13:00 | I need to connect a PC to my wifi on a temporary basis (ok can't get to my upstairs home office because of a foot op!).* Is is possible to connect to the network via cable to a laptop?! Many thanks ! |
stuffed (1469) | ||
| 1278099 | 2012-05-28 21:24:00 | I think so if you enable windows connection sharing on the laptop, but I've never tried it so I don't know what's involved. You also may need a crossover ethernet cable although GigE is supposed to auto detect so it may work with a straight cable also. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1278100 | 2012-05-28 21:34:00 | Yeah you'll likely need a crossover cable. You'll have to give the PC and the laptop's lan adapter an IP address, then allow ICS for the wireless adapter. I believe you set the default gateway of the PC to be the address of the laptop's lan adapter. It's how I currently get my xbox online from my room. i1218.photobucket.com |
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| 1278101 | 2012-05-28 23:02:00 | The Warehouse has wireless usb dongles for around $24 sometimes on special down to $16, don't add the whole circuit from the cd just put in the driver and use Windows Wireless Zero Configuration: en.wikipedia.org I use these devices quite often, very successfully, on existing wifi networks where an older computer/laptop needs to be connected into the network. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1278102 | 2012-05-31 23:11:00 | Got a $35 USB dongle - plugged it in and that was it! Thanks |
stuffed (1469) | ||
| 1278103 | 2012-05-31 23:56:00 | Surely you must have had to put in a network code//password, dangerous to run your wifi with no security at all, someone will come along war-driving and use all your allocation. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 1278104 | 2012-06-01 00:07:00 | Of course I had to log into my wifi! | stuffed (1469) | ||
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