- Use Laptop As An Internet Uplink?
- Posted by dbloom810 on December 17th, 2004
Hi, i have a wireless network in my home that provides broadband access
to all my laptops and desktops. I have recently aquired some older
computers that will not accept the wireless cards, but will accept
networking cards. I was wondering if there was a way to use a
wirelessly configured laptop as my internet uplink. I don't know if
its possible, but I want to use my ethernet card as the router to my
wireless network. It seems to me that the network card can only be
used in an "in" fashion, but I thought it was worth it to ask if anyone
knows how to convert it to an "out" port. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
- Posted by J. Clarke on December 18th, 2004
dbloom810 wrote:
If you're running Windows look up "Internet Connection Sharing". If not
then there are other ways to implement a router.
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
- Posted by Paul Rubin on December 18th, 2004
"dbloom810" <dbloom810@zoominternet.net> writes:
DSL broadband routers usually have at least one ethernet port in
addition to wireless. Just use that. Add a hub or switch if you need
to support more machines than you have ethernet ports.
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