Sharing a wireless internet connection
Aug 19, 2009 | 1:29 pm
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Sharing a wireless internet connection
I have Vista on my laptop, my wife has XP on hers. I've googled but haven't come up with an answer for this: is there a way to purchase wireless access on one of the laptops in a hotel and allow the other PC to connect through that one, thereby helping us avoid paying for two connections?
Aug 19, 2009 | 1:44 pm
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You can use internet connection sharing, described here for the vista machine
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...b14771033.mspx
and here for the xp machine
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...b14771033.mspx
and here for the xp machine
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126
Aug 19, 2009 | 1:58 pm
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You can also buy a travel router, like this one:
http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=9H8EmdWucHDpYOb8
http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=9H8EmdWucHDpYOb8
Aug 19, 2009 | 2:16 pm
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The important caveat on ICS is that you will be sharing to the second computer using a wired connection unless you have 2 wireless adapters in the first.
You cannot run two SSIDs through the standard Windows WiFi support - this requires additional software / driver support.
You cannot run two SSIDs through the standard Windows WiFi support - this requires additional software / driver support.
Aug 20, 2009 | 6:38 am
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By the way, for those that haven't tried it yet, Internet Connection Sharing is INCREDIBLY easy on Windows 7.
My wife and I were out and we both needed to get online. I tethered my laptop to my phone, and then within W7's Network and Sharing Center it was literally like 1 or 2 clicks and I had established an ad hoc hotspot that my wife could route through. I was really impressed.
My wife and I were out and we both needed to get online. I tethered my laptop to my phone, and then within W7's Network and Sharing Center it was literally like 1 or 2 clicks and I had established an ad hoc hotspot that my wife could route through. I was really impressed.
Aug 20, 2009 | 1:33 pm
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The important caveat on ICS is that you will be sharing to the second computer using a wired connection unless you have 2 wireless adapters in the first.
You cannot run two SSIDs through the standard Windows WiFi support - this requires additional software / driver support.
You cannot run two SSIDs through the standard Windows WiFi support - this requires additional software / driver support.
Aug 20, 2009 | 1:45 pm
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Either one. But one machine can't be susbscribed to the hotel WiFi and also sharing with other computers on the same radio.