Serving it up?

[winslow33]

hey

I have an idea i'm entertaining here but not sure how I'm going to set it up or if it's possible....

I have 2 computers I want to hook togeather in a mini-server kind of thing i guess. The internet we have is WiFi, so it can be picked up on the laptop I'm using as I speak. BUT, I have a really nice Win2000 gaming machine I just built from the ground up and want to get this wireless on. I realize that i SHOULD buy a wireless ethernet adapter to pop into the gamer and simply connect to the web like that, but I was wondering of i can do it this way: Hook the desktop up to the laptop and receive internet that from it. Seems buying a $5 cable and a bit of work is a better deal than $30 and no work :P
Seems like it could be done somehow XP to XP, but I'm not sure because one is XP and the other is 2000 there might be conflicts?

Thanks.

 

[Impotence]

what you need is a crossover cable to connect the two machines together and then setup internet connection sharing (it should work, but i have never needed to use it).

But first, have a look in some of the smaller computer shops, you will probably find they have a few usb wireless dongles lying around that you can buy off them cheaply (you will probably have to find the drivers yourself though, or ask here for help).

I wouldn't pay more than £5-10 for a usb wireless dongle ($10-20 USD).

hint: make sure it says 802.11G on it (if its says 802.11B its maximum speed is 11MBit instead of 54MBit)

 

[la1]

what you want to do is called internet connection sharing or ICS. What will happen is if both pc's are using ICS they will effectively reduce the bandwith in half...buy a wireless pci card..they are only $15 usd