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Would this send out a wireless signal from my pc to connect with my laptop
dickibobboy
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Hi, i am going on holiday in the summer for 4weeks and going to take my laptop with me, im staying with family and they have a pc with 2mb broadband.
i was going to buy a usb ethernet adaptor(i dont think they have a ethernet card in) so i could use the internet at the sametime as someone else using it. I was browsing ebay and came across this, and from what i understand, if i install it on the pc it will transmit a wireless signal and i can connect to it on my laptop. so i will be able to use the internet somewhere else out of there study/office thing.
Am i right in saying this?
Thankyou
Dickibobboy
i was going to buy a usb ethernet adaptor(i dont think they have a ethernet card in) so i could use the internet at the sametime as someone else using it. I was browsing ebay and came across this, and from what i understand, if i install it on the pc it will transmit a wireless signal and i can connect to it on my laptop. so i will be able to use the internet somewhere else out of there study/office thing.
Am i right in saying this?
Thankyou
Dickibobboy
Things that are free in life are great, well most of the time :beer:
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It would have to be connected to the PC that is connected to the internet. You would then probably have to set up Internet connection sharing as well0
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yes, i know that, i am ok with setting it up and eveything, i just want to make sure it will be wireless and i will be able to connect and use the internet.sco0ter wrote:It would have to be connected to the PC that is connected to the internet. You would then probably have to set up Internet connection sharing as wellThings that are free in life are great, well most of the time :beer:0 -
Yes it would work. The box seems to have everything you need.
JoeYou can always get more with a kind word and a 2-by-4 than with just a kind word.0 -
thankyou, im off to buy oneThings that are free in life are great, well most of the time :beer:0
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You could always buy them a wireless router as a nice present to protect them from those nasty hackers/crackers on the internet.
You can get network cards for about a fiver from ebuyer etc.. if they really don't have one.Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0 -
i dont think they need a network card, and i will be taking it back with home with me, i dont think they will be anyone hacking into there internet where they areThings that are free in life are great, well most of the time :beer:0
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I was referring to the inbuilt firewall/nat protection of routers, (compared to modems which have no protection), rather than wireless piggybackers.Ever get the feeling you are wasting your time? :rolleyes:0
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I hate to say the obvious, but you didn't say whether your laptop had wireless built in?
(That ebay ad is for only 1 unit - it looks a bit misleading)0 -
yes my laptop has wireless i use it at home, i only thought i needed the one unit?Things that are free in life are great, well most of the time :beer:0
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Yes, you'll only need the one for the other machine, I just wanted to make sure! It will operate fine in ad-hoc mode.0
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