Is there a way for me to connect a desktop to a laptop and use the laptop's wireless connection?

This has been an astraladvent query

9/19/2009 11:50:41 AM

you can buy a wireless adapter for the desktop and use an AD-HOC wireless connection between the two. or a wireless router and connect them both to that.

9/19/2009 12:01:27 PM

connect the desktops NIC to the laptops NIC, turn on internet connection sharing on the laptop give both wired NICs static addresses

9/19/2009 7:06:29 PM

oh

yea,

that sounds a lot more like what he's asking, haha. i assumed he meant using the wireless connection to connect them--which would be retarded.

9/19/2009 7:35:53 PM

crossover cable too.

9/19/2009 8:05:37 PM

not 100% necessary with newer "auto-sensing" NICs

9/20/2009 1:57:23 AM

Quote :

"turn on internet connection sharing"

Another way of looking at this ... connecting/tethering your laptop to your cell phone and using your cell phone's data connection to get internet. Same idea here and yes same solution, ICS.

9/20/2009 9:00:23 AM