Re: Laptops and networking

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:36:34 -0000
"B.A.L." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Probably a silly question, but can you have a laptop as a host
> computer, and run another laptop on a wireless connection from it?

You can, although I'm not sure you'd want to. Is it internet sharing
you're after?

> Or does it have to be a PC?

A laptop is a PC (even Apple laptops are PCs in the "IBM compatible"
sense these days).

On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 15:06:57 -0000, B.A.L. put finger to keyboard and
typed:

>
>"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:20090306145254.718b5927@bluemoon...
>> On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 14:36:34 -0000
>> "B.A.L." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Probably a silly question, but can you have a laptop as a host
>>> computer, and run another laptop on a wireless connection from it?
>>
>> You can, although I'm not sure you'd want to. Is it internet sharing
>> you're after?
>
>Why do you say that, Rob? Yes, it's internet sharing they're after.

Because the most sensible and reliable way of doing Internet sharing
is to have a router (a wireless router, in your case) that two or more
computers can access independently, rather than having a modem on one
computer and using that as a gateway for another.

Mark
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