Besides just sharing you get to setup your network and more. I can't fit simple into 3 paragraphs but I don't have to since such is found on the internet. Try this one (of many).
http://reviews.cnet.com/wireless-access-points/always-on-wireless-wiflyer/4505-3265_7-31155242.html
The WiFlyer does connect to AOL and then either to your PC via ethernet, ethernet hub or wifi.
Bob
Ok, I know lots of you are gonna say Dump AOL .
I got a new laptop and I wanna have two internet programs run at once on 2 different computers. Is there a way to bridge the connections so I can do that? I don't really care about how much it will lag, the program I am going to be running only needs 1 kbps at max.
Oh, and try to make it easy on me [like tell me simple instructions] because I am not really dial-up smart.
-Harry

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