from my laptop, much like the macbooks do, don't want to get a macbook

is there anyway i can do this that wouldn't be crazy expensive and would still be portable

11/20/2006 5:30:10 PM

you explain why you want to do this first - what is the goal?

11/20/2006 5:41:18 PM

well if i can do it for cheaper than a wireless router, then it makes it easier for when i go to a friends room or they come to mine for us all to have internet access

11/20/2006 5:47:22 PM

so you are online via a wired connection and want to share it with others wirelessly?

11/20/2006 5:49:19 PM

im sure theres a way to do it with bridging...

it'd be kinda stupid though.

11/20/2006 5:51:17 PM

^^ yes

11/20/2006 5:52:29 PM

did you try searching on google?

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=sharing+internet+wireless+xp

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx

11/20/2006 5:59:32 PM

i tried searching but didn't do a good enough job

thanks

11/20/2006 6:08:08 PM

gg to apple for making people think this was a mac feature only

11/20/2006 6:24:49 PM

M$ is ALWAYS stealing Apple's ideas

11/20/2006 6:26:04 PM

^^ didn't think it was a mac only feature, just thought i needed special hardware to do it

my bad

[Edited on November 20, 2006 at 6:42 PM. Reason : .]

11/20/2006 6:42:14 PM

it's also not always easy to actually get working with windows ICS, even if you follow the instructions to a T. last time i tried this with windows ICS i gave up and used a third party firewall/routing/ics program.

11/20/2006 8:12:42 PM

Quote :

"gg to apple for making people think this was a mac feature only"

it's not apple's fault for making ICS easy as falling off a log while you have to jump through hoops to get it to work on a PC

11/20/2006 8:54:01 PM