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Wireless LAN - Ad Hoc mode

moridin · 2004-02-13 18:49:27

Hey, I need to set up a basic wireless LAN at my parents house sharing an ADSL connection between 2 computers. What I've got planned is: Computer 1 - Directly connected to phoneline and internet over ADSL. Computer 2 - With a wireless NIC. If I install a wireless NIC in the first computer and put both the cards in ad hoc…

13-02-2004 7:49pm

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moridin

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Hey,

I need to set up a basic wireless LAN at my parents house sharing an ADSL connection between 2 computers.

What I've got planned is:

Computer 1 - Directly connected to phoneline and internet over ADSL.

Computer 2 - With a wireless NIC.

If I install a wireless NIC in the first computer and put both the cards in ad hoc mode, I should be able to use the first computer as a gateway for the second to access the net. That sound like it'd work okay?

Thanks!

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#2 13-02-2004 8:45pm

Michael Collins

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Yeh that should work fine. Enable Internet Connection Sharing on computer 1 and then set the gateway on the other to be the IP address of the first one. I recommend ip addresses in the 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.255 range. Any problems, just ask.

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