ICS of a WLAN connection

24 Apr 2005 3:39 PM

Neil Barras

Hi all,

I am building my new Rig. ("Gaming Rig" in signature.) To save initial
costs, I want to use ICS from my wireless laptop ("New Laptop" in
signature.) to connect the system to the web. Would I use a Crossover Cat5
for this? And would the performance be OK? The WLAN is built into the
Laptop. It is Intel Wlan 2200B/G I think.

Thanks,

Neil

--
Gaming Rig in development = Athlon 64 3000 @ 1.8GHz, 512MB PC3200, 80GB HD,
256MB XFX GeForce5500 (From system below), Stock 300w PSU
Desktop = P4 Northwood @ 2.6GHz, 512MB PC2100, 120GB HD, 256MB XFX
GeForce5500 (Soon to be replaced by old GeForce5200 128MB), Stock 350w PSU
Oldest Laptop = 486 @ 75MHz, 20MB RAM, 1.4GB HD, Unknown Integrated Graphics
Old Laptop = P3 Coppermine @ 600MHz, 192 PC100, 12GB HD, ATi Rage Pro 4MB
New Laptop = PM Dothan @ 1.6GHz, 512 PC2700, 80GB HD, 64MB ATi Mobility
Radeon 9200
All still in use!

24 Apr 2005 7:42 PM

Jack (MVP)

Hi

If you have a DSL or Cable connection and you have expensive hardware (as you described)
it does not make sense to save the last $20 and have yourself a “Quirky” solution.

Get a Wireless Cable/DSL Router: http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Hardware.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).

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"Neil Barras" <dontspamme@spammenot.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I am building my new Rig. ("Gaming Rig" in signature.) To save initial
> costs, I want to use ICS from my wireless laptop ("New Laptop" in
> signature.) to connect the system to the web. Would I use a Crossover Cat5
> for this? And would the performance be OK? The WLAN is built into the
> Laptop. It is Intel Wlan 2200B/G I think.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil
>
> --
> Gaming Rig in development = Athlon 64 3000 @ 1.8GHz, 512MB PC3200, 80GB HD,
> 256MB XFX GeForce5500 (From system below), Stock 300w PSU
> Desktop = P4 Northwood @ 2.6GHz, 512MB PC2100, 120GB HD, 256MB XFX
> GeForce5500 (Soon to be replaced by old GeForce5200 128MB), Stock 350w PSU
> Oldest Laptop = 486 @ 75MHz, 20MB RAM, 1.4GB HD, Unknown Integrated Graphics
> Old Laptop = P3 Coppermine @ 600MHz, 192 PC100, 12GB HD, ATi Rage Pro 4MB
> New Laptop = PM Dothan @ 1.6GHz, 512 PC2700, 80GB HD, 64MB ATi Mobility
> Radeon 9200
> All still in use!
>
>