Network setup issues

I'm hoping this will work, because any other solution (thru our IT
dept.) will take too long.

I'm running a class which needs internet access, and the computers
within the class need to see each other as well. I have a desktop PC
with a wireless card within range of the outside network, but the rest
in the room are not. I also have my personal laptop with wireless which
I want to connect to the rest of the room. I then also have a b/g
wireless router I scrounged up, with plenty of ethernet jacks on the
back as well.

All machines run XP Pro except for the first one (the one with the
actual connection) which has XP home. Dunno if this will be relevant or
not.

Anyway, here's a sorta diagram of what I want to do:




[PC w/USB wireless]--------[Router] -- ((( -- [laptop]
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------| -- -- -- -- [other PC's]


So PC#1 (XP home) has internet via a USB wireless thing, and is then
connected via ethernet cable to the router.

Other PC's (XP pro) are also connected via ethernet to router (each has
their own cable to router), to use PC#1's connection.

Laptop (XP Pro) is connected to router via wireless.


Assuming we all use the same domain name or whatever, we should see
each other. And also we should be able to connect to the internet. I
just don't know the details of how to make this possible. Help, please!


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jwalker1196 wrote:
> I'm hoping this will work, because any other solution (thru our IT
> dept.) will take too long.
>
> I'm running a class which needs internet access, and the computers
> within the class need to see each other as well. I have a desktop PC
> with a wireless card within range of the outside network, but the rest
> in the room are not. I also have my personal laptop with wireless which
> I want to connect to the rest of the room. I then also have a b/g
> wireless router I scrounged up, with plenty of ethernet jacks on the
> back as well.
>
> All machines run XP Pro except for the first one (the one with the
> actual connection) which has XP home. Dunno if this will be relevant or
> not.
>
> Anyway, here's a sorta diagram of what I want to do:
>
>
>
>
> [PC w/USB wireless]--------[Router] -- ((( -- [laptop]
> -------------------------------|
> -------------------------------|
> -------------------------------| -- -- -- -- [other PC's]
>
>
> So PC#1 (XP home) has internet via a USB wireless thing, and is then
> connected via ethernet cable to the router.
>
> Other PC's (XP pro) are also connected via ethernet to router (each has
> their own cable to router), to use PC#1's connection.
>
> Laptop (XP Pro) is connected to router via wireless.
>
>
> Assuming we all use the same domain name or whatever, we should see
> each other. And also we should be able to connect to the internet. I
> just don't know the details of how to make this possible. Help, please!
>
>
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> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=36511
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>
Here are some sources to read;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interne...ection_Sharing
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126