If you are using Internet Connection sharing and a wireless adapter on the
desktop to connect the second computer to the internet then, no, you cannot
connect when the host is switched off. Use a wireless router instead of ICS.
You can still connect the desktop to the router via ethernet if you want it
to have a hardwired connection.
"Lem" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> JoeBlack wrote:
>> Is it possible for me to connect to the internet with my host computer
>> switched off?
>> I have an excellent connection but only when my desktop is connected to
>> the internet.
> Yes.
>
> And no.
>
> A common SOHO configuration is:
> 1. a cable or DSL modem connected via Ethernet cable to the WAN port of a
> wireless router;
> 2. a desktop with an internal Ethernet network interface card (NIC)
> connected via Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports on the wireless
> router; and
> 3. a laptop with a wireless NIC (either internal or add-on) connected
> wirelessly to the router.
>
> If that's your configuration, then you should be able to connect the
> laptop to the Internet whether or not the desktop is turned on.
>
> If that's not your configuration, please describe what hardware you have
> and how it's connected.
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