How to turn my Desktop computer into a WiFi Hotspot?

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I have seen how to make a laptop into a WiFi hotspot here http://cnettv.cnet.com/make-your-laptop-…

What I want to know is how do I do the same with a desktop PC with a Wired Internet connection and no WiFI capabilities so that I can share my Internet connection with my laptop or any other device.

NOTE I AM USING VISTA 64 BIT OS SO PLEASE SUGGEST SOME USB ADAPTER THAT WORKS WITH VISTA 64

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I dont have a free PCI slot so can I use this or any similar one that works with Vista 64bit

Belkin N Wireless USB Adapter

Or the Wireless G which is quite in my budget

Or the D-link 110

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i thot someone might be able to help

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Apologies if i have understood this wrong..

I think you want to be share your internet connection between your different computers / devices, and you currently using a wired internet connection connected to your PC.

why dont you just buy a wireless router? I think you might as well spend ~2k on a new wi fi router instead of ~800 on a wireless adapter and try to turn your pc into a hotspot.

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well coz i’ll be using the ad hoc mode

and i’d rather not have my isp figure out am sharing my internet

plus i dunno how a router works and how to configure…

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I dont think your ISP is going to find out about you sharing your connection :slight_smile:

In fact you could ask your ISP to provide you a wireless router, you might just have to pay them some rental and a deposit for it, they would take care of configuring it and setting it up for you.

Or even if you did end up buying a router by yourself it would be pretty simple to set up. Why dont you read up a bit about it on some other threads on TE or other forums :slight_smile:

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Get a Wireless G router.Configuring is easy.

There is nothing wrong in sharing ur connection.Just dont start a cyber cafe …lol.

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no i wont be starting a Cyber cafe
but getting a router then i will have to have my other PC also wifi enabled
ok here is the scenario

PC1: Wired Internet connection Direct to LAN card 1
Crossover cable to PC2 for Local network and ICS through LAN card 2(1Gigabit network)

Laptop: Need to share Internet from PC1
So need to enable PC1 to be WiFi and i dont want to change the other settings.

Will upload the diagram in a few…

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Its not that complicated :confused:

Assuming that you have a DSL modem for you internet connection-

  1. Connect ethernet cable from modem to router
  2. Decent routers usually have 4 ethernet ports. Connect PC1 to one of the ethernet ports
  3. Laptop - assuming that it has wi-fi you can just connect to the router and share your internet connection, if your laptop doesnt have wi-fi, you just need to buy a wireless adapter for it.
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Plus Netgear routers are dirt cheap and come with a config wizard. Sharing through adhoc is horribly buggy in Windows. I used to do it, when my Wireless router got fried.

If you do wanna share, use Mac OSX. Works brilliant through that. Used to do it through my iMac.

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well no i don have a dsl modem
plus now i cant do anything as my onboard lan is giving probs…and cant troubleshoot
getting IP address but says Limited connectivity and doesnt allow me to use
on resetting adapter…works for hardly a min and again limited connectivity
plus as i said before no free pci slot

will be formatting my pc now and check..else will have to give the mobo to the service center