Wireless and wired network

18 Apr 2005 6:37 PM

Paul Graham

Hi

I have two PC's (using Linksys USB wireless-G) a laptop and a handheld PC
sharing a Linksys WAG54G wireless internet setup. All works very well. The
topology of the network dictates the wireless router be situated in a room
away from the main computers.

My question, I have a third PC I would like to connect to the network but am
unable to route ethernet cables to the wireless router.

Without buying a third USB wireless unit, is it possible to connect the
third PC to one of the other wireless PCs (which all have redundant network
cards) ?

Paul

19 Apr 2005 7:59 AM

Quintin

Me thinks you need a router for the connection. Although you can run it
ad-hoc, which is what i think you are trying to do.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=ad+hoc+wireless+ethernet&spell=1

these two places should help you with it

Also try out Network Magic

Good luck

Cheers

Quintin
MVP wannabe

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"Paul Graham" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have two PC's (using Linksys USB wireless-G) a laptop and a handheld PC
> sharing a Linksys WAG54G wireless internet setup. All works very well. The
> topology of the network dictates the wireless router be situated in a room
> away from the main computers.
>
> My question, I have a third PC I would like to connect to the network but am
> unable to route ethernet cables to the wireless router.
>
> Without buying a third USB wireless unit, is it possible to connect the
> third PC to one of the other wireless PCs (which all have redundant network
> cards) ?
>
> Paul