Wireless and ordinary network card in same PC

I have a small wired network between 2 computers. I wish to add a laptop
wirelessly.

Can I simply add a wireless card to the host computer and run this
simultaneously with the other normal ethernet card which goes to the other
computer?

Thanks




Gary Glencross

"Gary Glencross" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a small wired network between 2 computers. I wish to add a laptop
> wirelessly.
>
> Can I simply add a wireless card to the host computer and run this
> simultaneously with the other normal ethernet card which goes to the other
> computer?
>
> Thanks
>
>

Hello,

The simple answer is yes. However, your wireless laptop will only be able
to communicate to the machine with the Wi-Fi card. If you are running XP,
you can bridge the ethernet and the wireless connection. This will then
allow you to ICS your Internet connection using the bridge so that the
laptop and the other wired computer can both access the Internet.

Mike.