Connecting to Internet through a Windows box

11-25-2007, 05:08 AM

Hi,
My apartment block provides wi-fi access, but only my Windows XP
laptop is equipped to connect. My desktop doesn't have a wi-fi card,
and it run Ubuntu Linux 7.10. Therefore, I don't have Internet on my
Linux box. But, the two computers are connected through a router. Can
I connect to wifi from my laptop and have Internet on my Linux PC
through the router? If so, how?

Thanks,
Arshad Tanveer

11-25-2007, 06:06 PM

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi,
> My apartment block provides wi-fi access, but only my Windows XP
> laptop is equipped to connect. My desktop doesn't have a wi-fi card,
> and it run Ubuntu Linux 7.10. Therefore, I don't have Internet on my
> Linux box. But, the two computers are connected through a router. Can
> I connect to wifi from my laptop and have Internet on my Linux PC
> through the router? If so, how?
>
> Thanks,
> Arshad Tanveer

IIRC it's called ICS (internet connection sharing) it's only
included in certain read expensive windows versions (profesional and up
iirc).

take a look at this page:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126

11-25-2007, 06:08 PM

goarilla wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> Hi,
>> My apartment block provides wi-fi access, but only my Windows XP
>> laptop is equipped to connect. My desktop doesn't have a wi-fi card,
>> and it run Ubuntu Linux 7.10. Therefore, I don't have Internet on my
>> Linux box. But, the two computers are connected through a router. Can
>> I connect to wifi from my laptop and have Internet on my Linux PC
>> through the router? If so, how?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Arshad Tanveer
>
> IIRC it's called ICS (internet connection sharing) it's only
> included in certain read expensive windows versions (profesional and up
> iirc).
>
> take a look at this page:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126

it seems to be also included in the Home version of XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u..._02july01.mspx

11-25-2007, 08:41 PM

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:08:14 -0800, arshad.tanveer wrote:

> Hi,
> My apartment block provides wi-fi access, but only my Windows XP
> laptop is equipped to connect. My desktop doesn't have a wi-fi card,
> and it run Ubuntu Linux 7.10. Therefore, I don't have Internet on my
> Linux box. But, the two computers are connected through a router. Can
> I connect to wifi from my laptop and have Internet on my Linux PC
> through the router? If so, how?
>
> Thanks,
> Arshad Tanveer

Set MS to 'share network' and Linux to use MS as gateway.

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