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by: t_reyna51 March 1, 2008 3:29 PM PST

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Using my laptop (with built in wireless) as wireless router

by t_reyna51 - 3/1/08 3:29 PM

Hello all.

I am having trouble coming up with a solution. Maybe I'm making it too complicated for myself? Anyway, here's the problem.

I have a DSL connection... hooked to a D-Link wired router. From this router I have an Xbox 360, and my laptop connected.

What I want to do is share my wired LAN connection, through my built in Wireless LAN on my laptop. This [the laptop] will serve as a router for a second desktop I have with a wireless PCI card installed on it. How can i do this? I have tried everything to no avail. I know it has something Im not doing right with the Internet connection sharing (ICS), but Im not sure. Any suggestions?

In the past, i have shared my wi-fi connection on my laptop though the LAN to access xbox live on my 360. Obviously it can work the other way cant it?


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This is unreliable and no one will help. But...

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 3/1/08 5:18 PM

In Reply to: Using my laptop (with built in wireless) as wireless router by t_reyna51

The feature is called ICS. If you ever BRIDGE the connection, its game over.

-> Start with this reading ---> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx

NO! I will not write any guide about this or support such a setup. It's much like a tar pit of issues which I refuse to do no more than point out to ICS and this article. You have to invest the time.

Bob


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Simple question. . .

by Coryphaeus - 3/1/08 6:13 PM

In Reply to: Using my laptop (with built in wireless) as wireless router by t_reyna51

Wouldn't buying a wireless router be much easier?

Let me echo Bob's concern. Get a wireless router.


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