[2212]

hello, i was wondering if you can connect to the internet with your desktop by directly connecting to your laptop for wireless internet(from your laptop)

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You need a router.

[Broni]

You need a router.

[2212]

can you explain please?

[Broni]

It looks like this:



Computers can be connected to the router by wire, or wirelessly.
Any computer (desktop, or laptop) connected wirelessly must have wireless network card installed

[2212]

no i mean use the internet the laptop uses, i dont have a wireless antena for the desktop so i want to use the wireless card in the laptop

[Broni]

You can use crossover cable, but it's not the best solution...

[2212]

that is directly connecting the desktop with the laptop right?

[2212]

how would you do that? the cross over cable, would it lower the byte rate?

[Broni]

Yes.
Pretty good tutorial here: http://www.conniq.co...working_DCC.htm

[2212]

thank you, ill try that. if i cant work it, ill post here and pm you

[Broni]

There is no difference in speed. Your only disadvantage is that both computer are using laptop's wireless connection, which is always slower, than wired connection.

[2212]

i keep getting:
an error occurred during configuration of the network on this computer.
you can configure your network manually, or you can run the wizard again with different settings

[2212]

plus when i do get it to work(network setup) i dont see the new connection.

[Broni]

That's why the router is much easier solution. Practically, not configuration needed.
What type of cable did you use to connect computers?