internet sharing wifi - lan

hi guys! i'm new here, anyway, i have a laptop (win xp) with built in wi-fi that accesses internet thru my friend next door who is the main subscriber and has wireless router. i would like to connect my desktop(win xp) to the internet as well but i dont know how to do this because it doesnt have a wireless adapter card but i do have an ethernet cable and a linksys broadband router 802.11/b which i havent used. i tried connecting my laptop and desktop thru that router and was able to share files except internet. sorry for the lengthy info, really appreciate any help from anyone. thanks!

 

Very easy way ,,they sell TINY usb wirless cards for about 30 bucks on sale,,, plug it into your tower and your wirless on the tower also !!! ..just one idea,,,you may be able to share the internet from your laptop with a link to your desktop as well,,,hard wired,,,from usb to firewire if you have one on your laptop,,,,,Glenn...PS welcome to the MG site, Glenn...

 

thanks for the suggestion glenn..i might just buy that device. for your second suggestion, i connected my laptop to my tower thru the 1394 adapter using a firewire cable...i was able to share folders across each other. but i dont know how to configure the internet...tried autodetect settings on my tower to no avail. internet on the laptop works just fine. more info pls. thanks a lot!

 

Eack machine has a MAC address and a name,,,if you enable file sharing on both systems,,,and they can see each other thats a great start,,,are they both XP operating systems ,,,run the connection wizard ,,,and see what it brings up,,,may have to configure the MAC address in each computer ...I will do some further searching to find a website to tell you how to set up,,,Glenn,,LOL I seldome give up LOL

 

Here are a few links that may help you !!! Glenn


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Here are a few links that may help you !!! Glenn



http://www.weethet.nl/english/adsl_mxstream_pcs.php

http://www.homenethelp.com/connection-sharing.asp

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3328001

 

Hey Glenn! Thanks a lot for the links...learned a lot. I followed your idea of using the firewire adapter (good thing i had a cable) and tweaked a couple of settings on my desktop and laptop...bingooo! finally got it!! have internet on both of my PC thanks again... glad someone like you out there to help! carry on...

 

My Pleasure, glad it worked out well for you, Glenn