Wireless Internet -> Laptop -> Ethernet Cable -> Desktop

outkast82889 · 08-20-2008, 04:01 PM

Hey everyone I'm interested in using my laptop to grab the wireless signal and then be able to send the signal through a cable to my desktop. Ive seen this is possible but I havn't found any information on how to do this with Windows XP and wondering if anyone can give me a quick How To. Thanks in advance

**peterhuang913** · 08-20-2008, 04:09 PM

You just need to set it up, make sure you see two network connections, and make a network bridge from it.

outkast82889 · 08-22-2008, 02:49 AM

hm it tells me the network cable is unplugged or limited/no connectivity. Is there anything else that is needed to set up a network bridge other then Right click -> Network bridge over the 2 connections?

**peterhuang913** · 08-22-2008, 09:37 AM

Is the cable between the laptop and desktop a crossover cable and not a regular cable? Does the laptop get internet properly?

**johnwill** · 08-22-2008, 02:19 PM

If you're getting the wireless signal from a router, bridging the connections will work. However, if this is something like a public hotspot or wireless ISP, you'll probably have to use ICS on the machine.

outkast82889 · 08-23-2008, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by johnwill

If you're getting the wireless signal from a router, bridging the connections will work. However, if this is something like a public hotspot or wireless ISP, you'll probably have to use ICS on the machine.

Can you clarify for me what an ICS is and somewhere I could research it, I am using more or less a hotspot at college wireless. Thanks

Sleestak · 08-23-2008, 02:52 AM

This is my first amateur response, masters of this board correct me if I'm wrong on this. Trying to explain more in detail what others have said.

Does the wifi signal of the college redirect you to an agreement or login page (usually with the logo of the wifi provider or the college) before you can get to your homepage? If so I don't know if this will work (that might be where you go down the ICS route, which I know nothing about) but if you just connect to the signal and go right to your homepage this should work:

You need to first get a crossover cable and connect that from your network card of the Wifi computer to the network card of the other computer. Connect to the wifi signal and then in Network Connections you highlight the Wireless and the ethernet connection (I can't remember if it will be called Local Area Connection or 1394 Connection?), right click on one of them and pick Bridge connections. That will make the internet obtained from the Wifi transfer to the network card it's bridged with, thus giving internet to the other computer.

**johnwill** · 08-23-2008, 06:48 AM

What's a "more or less" hotspot?

08-20-2008, 04:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
outkast82889 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 34 OS: Windows xp	Wireless Internet -> Laptop -> Ethernet Cable -> Desktop Hey everyone I'm interested in using my laptop to grab the wireless signal and then be able to send the signal through a cable to my desktop. Ive seen this is possible but I havn't found any information on how to do this with Windows XP and wondering if anyone can give me a quick How To. Thanks in advance

08-20-2008, 04:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
peterhuang913 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 946 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Wireless Internet -> Laptop -> Ethernet Cable -> Desktop You just need to set it up, make sure you see two network connections, and make a network bridge from it.

08-22-2008, 02:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
outkast82889 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 34 OS: Windows xp	Re: Wireless Internet -> Laptop -> Ethernet Cable -> Desktop hm it tells me the network cable is unplugged or limited/no connectivity. Is there anything else that is needed to set up a network bridge other then Right click -> Network bridge over the 2 connections?

08-22-2008, 09:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
peterhuang913 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 946 OS: XP Home SP2	Re: Wireless Internet -> Laptop -> Ethernet Cable -> Desktop Is the cable between the laptop and desktop a crossover cable and not a regular cable? Does the laptop get internet properly?

08-22-2008, 02:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,940 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Wireless Internet -> Laptop -> Ethernet Cable -> Desktop If you're getting the wireless signal from a router, bridging the connections will work. However, if this is something like a public hotspot or wireless ISP, you'll probably have to use ICS on the machine. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

08-23-2008, 02:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
Sleestak Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Iowa Posts: 18 OS: WinXP	Re: Wireless Internet -> Laptop -> Ethernet Cable -> Desktop This is my first amateur response, masters of this board correct me if I'm wrong on this. Trying to explain more in detail what others have said. Does the wifi signal of the college redirect you to an agreement or login page (usually with the logo of the wifi provider or the college) before you can get to your homepage? If so I don't know if this will work (that might be where you go down the ICS route, which I know nothing about) but if you just connect to the signal and go right to your homepage this should work: You need to first get a crossover cable and connect that from your network card of the Wifi computer to the network card of the other computer. Connect to the wifi signal and then in Network Connections you highlight the Wireless and the ethernet connection (I can't remember if it will be called Local Area Connection or 1394 Connection?), right click on one of them and pick Bridge connections. That will make the internet obtained from the Wifi transfer to the network card it's bridged with, thus giving internet to the other computer.

08-23-2008, 06:48 AM	#8 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,940 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Wireless Internet -> Laptop -> Ethernet Cable -> Desktop What's a "more or less" hotspot? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience