Share a Internet connection (wireless)

Hi
I am running Mandrake 9.1 and would like to share my Internet connection
with my other computer that is running Windows XP. My plan is to install
a wireless PCI-card (Linksys WMP54G) on both computers.
Will this be enough if I want to share my Internet connection?
Is there any good information on the Internet regarding this?
I have search on the Internet but haven’t find anything for this case.

Best regards
Tilda

Tilda wrote:
> Hi
> I am running Mandrake 9.1 and would like to share my Internet connection
> with my other computer that is running Windows XP. My plan is to install
> a wireless PCI-card (Linksys WMP54G) on both computers.
> Will this be enough if I want to share my Internet connection?
> Is there any good information on the Internet regarding this?
> I have search on the Internet but haven’t find anything for this case.

Comment 1) Visit the LinkSys web site

http://www.linksys.com

and click on the "Educate Me" tab.


Comment 2) If you are wondering if two (or more) computers can share a
single wireless access point (WAP) router, the answer is yes. In other
words, both computers can access the Internet via the WAP router. For
example:

:Internet:<-->|<-->[Modem]<==>{WAP} ((radio waves)) <hosts>

where,

'|' is the wall socket that provides Internet access to your
residence / workplace (e.g., POTS, ISDN, DSL, ATM, Cable TV, etc.)

[modem] is the "box" that plugs into the wall socket (e.g., an ISDN
modem, a cable modem, a telephone/dial-up modem, etc.). Some Internet
Service Providers supply this box, others do not (in which case you must
buy this box yourself).

{WAP} is the wireless access point router (e.g., a LinkSys model
'WAP55AG' "Dual-Band Wireless A + G Access Point" router)

<hosts> are the computers on your local area network that have
802.11 wireless cards in them (e.g., your WinXP computer and your
Mandrake 9.1 computer)


Note: Some WAP routers have a broadband modem built in. So if your wall
socket provides an ADSL connection to the Internet (for example), then a
WAP with a built in ADSL modem would plug directly into the wall socket,

:Internet:<-->|<-->{Modem/WAP} ((radio waves)) <hosts>

--
Jim

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> Comment 1) Visit the LinkSys web site
>
> http://www.linksys.com
>
> and click on the "Educate Me" tab.

Thanks.

>
> Comment 2) If you are wondering if two (or more) computers can share a
> single wireless access point (WAP) router, the answer is yes. In other
> words, both computers can access the Internet via the WAP router. For
> example:

I am wondering if I can skip the access point and the router and only
use a Linksys WMP54G in the computer that already have a connection to
the internet and a Linksys WMP54G in the other computer that's missing
internet at the moment.

Internet<->ComputerA<->WMP54G<->radio waves<->WMP54G<->ComputerB

/Tilda