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Sharing Internet Connection Through a USB NIC

by sandrat888 Mar 13, 2006 5:06AM PST

Hi,

I have a desktop connected to a broadband connection, and would like to share its internet connection with my laptop through a wireless USB NIC, is this possible? Basically, the wireless USB NIC will be connected to my desktop, and my laptop will connect wirelessly to my desktop. How must i configure it so that I wil be able to share the internet connection? Thanks.

Wai Lun

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How odd.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 13, 2006 5:15AM PST

While I've seen USB Wifi adapters I'm unsure if you have one of those. Please supply a link to your device so we can see what you have.

Bob

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RE: How Odd

by sandrat888 Mar 13, 2006 7:57AM PST

Thanks for the response, the USB device I was speaking of is a USB WIFI adapter. The following link shows the one I have:

http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=334

Thanks,

Wai Lun

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Link to setup article.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 13, 2006 8:11AM PST

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fac8708e-3762-4e78-b372-8404eeb7f41a&DisplayLang=en

http://wifi.aximsite.com/alternate.html#_adhoc

Bob

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Thanks!

by sandrat888 Mar 13, 2006 1:42PM PST

Thanks for the great help! The articles were very useful =] I got my connections working now =]

Wai Lun

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