Ad Hoc Mode

Can I share an internet connection with two pc's using ad hoc? Do I have to
have an access point or router?

I have 2 desktops pc's with wireless pci cards installed, they can't connect
to the internet. Both are running win XP Home.

Thanks.

Richard

Yeah ad hoc mode should work fine. Just setup the computer with the
internet "as internet sharing" and then connect to the internet via
network on the other.

Simple

Rich

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:06:00 GMT, "Richard H." <rhroom__x__@cox.net>
wrote:

>Can I share an internet connection with two pc's using ad hoc? Do I have to
>have an access point or router?
>
>I have 2 desktops pc's with wireless pci cards installed, they can't connect
>to the internet. Both are running win XP Home.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Richard
>

Thank you.
But how do I do that?

Richard
"Richard Ward" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Yeah ad hoc mode should work fine. Just setup the computer with the
> internet "as internet sharing" and then connect to the internet via
> network on the other.
>
> Simple
>
> Rich
>
> On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 15:06:00 GMT, "Richard H." <rhroom__x__@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Can I share an internet connection with two pc's using ad hoc? Do I have
to
> >have an access point or router?
> >
> >I have 2 desktops pc's with wireless pci cards installed, they can't
connect
> >to the internet. Both are running win XP Home.
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Richard
> >
>

"Richard H." <rhroom__x__@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Thank you.
> But how do I do that?

I do this.

You will find extensive articles on home networking in the XP help. Read
about ICS.

I assume you will use two network adpators, but you can use an access point
and an adaptor.

Follow the directions that came with your network adaptors to install your
networking hardware on each machine. One adaptor goes on the main PC
connected to the internet (A). The other goes on the PC you want to share
(B). Set them both to AdHoc.

On PC A, use the home networking wizard to configure networking, use the
option to save to a floppy disk (or choose to run the wizard on PC B). Put
the floppy in B and run the file that XP created (it's the wizard) to
configure networking. If it asks anything about sharing or making B a ICS
client, say yes.

For ICS, on A, go to the properties for the internet connection, find the
Advanced tab, check the boxes related to ICS to allow other network users to
connect through this. This makes A an ICS Host. For B, you want it to be an
ICS client.

Enable ICF firewall on A. Do _not_ enable ICF on B.

On B, the icon should appear automatically when it detects the association
between adaptors. You only need enter a site in the browser to test it.

Steve

i allready have a NAT router with dhcp.
i have a windows xp box on my internal lan with a lan card and a
wireless card.
i bridged the connections between the 2 interfaces in windows network
connections window.
this puts wireless devices on the same private subnet as my lan.
it works ok.
it seems this is a better/more efficient way than using Internet
Connection Sharing (which would mean trafic has to pass 2 NAT routers
to get to my wireless device).
is this how an Access Point works?

I assume one PC (Internet Computer) also has a modem connection to the
Internet. If that's the case, enable "Sharing" on the Internet NIC (modem).
That will automatically set the other NIC in the Internet Computer to
192.168.0.1. Then the other computer will get its IP from the Internet
Computer.

"Richard H." <rhroom__x__@cox.net> wrote in message
news:sNCdb.21580$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> Can I share an internet connection with two pc's using ad hoc? Do I have
to
> have an access point or router?
>
> I have 2 desktops pc's with wireless pci cards installed, they can't
connect
> to the internet. Both are running win XP Home.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Richard
>
>