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Old 07-24-2008, 03:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I just got a laptop off my lad (the one made redundant) and it's running XP with a Celeron M CPU at 1.6ghz with 533mhz FSB
512Mb and a 60gb HDD

It's sporting, as it would, 802.11 b/g wireless LAN.

On my new Vista box I can add a little antenna.

Can I run the laptop through the vista box so I can sit in my front room?

I'm crap at networking and not ashamed to admit it.
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Old 07-24-2008, 03:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Do you not have a router mate??
I am guessing the antenna is for yours to be wireless - I doubt if you can send your signal from your box to the laptop - I know you can on some ABIT MOBO's via there own device - but not seen it on anything else - you would have to run a CAT5 cable from your pc to the laptop in order to share the connection.
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No Dave no router mate just a normal BB modem, it's weird because when I attached the aerial it wouldn't connect to the net, I had to reset the network properties.
CAT 5 from where though mate.
Ethernet is obviously already taken up.
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I think you do need a router or WAP to connect them wirelessly.
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Do you not have 2 ethernets on the back of the MOBO ??
failing that get a network card they are only like £4 or something - goes in a PCI slot and Voila
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So if I get a wireless router can I hard wire my vista box to it and run the laptop wirelessly?
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I know you can do this on Mac OS-X. You set it up to share your wired Internet connection on the wireless radio.

I'd suspect you can also do it in Vista and maybe in XP. Check out Internet Connection Sharinng (ICS).
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1 Ethernet socket Dave and somat called a 1394 socket on that.
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A switch should also work. I just don't know how much they are there.

I'd say get a router with a built in modem (if not all are like this already )
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So if I get a wireless router can I hard wire my vista box to it and run the laptop wirelessly?
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