sharing wireless over lan...

thecool9 · 09-22-2008, 01:17 PM

ok...

i NEED the internet tonight and its late - im not going out to buy anything so i need to find a solution without having to buy anything. Im at a mate's house with my pc and he has wireless... he has a laptop with a wireless adapter and can connect with no problem every time - I, however, do not have a wireless network card or adapter or anything of the like but I do have an ethernet cable...

To sum up my question is this...

Am I able to get a laptop which is connected to the internet and plug an ethernet cable from it to my PC and leech the internet off of that machine onto my pc with no wireless network card? (ive tried and can only get "Local Area Connection only")

thnx in advance and sorry if i made the explanation a bit long-winded.

thecool9 · 09-23-2008, 01:42 AM

is this not possible then, I take it? someone please help, im going to have this problem all da and its 8:41 in the cotten-pickin' morn! lol

**johnwill** · 09-23-2008, 07:39 AM

You need to remember that not all of us live in your part of the world.

To connect to the other machine with a cable, you need a crossover CAT5 cable, and you'll need to bridge the wireless and wired connections on the host computer.

thecool9 · 09-24-2008, 02:51 AM

cat 5? I dunno what that is but im sure ive done it before with an ethernet. Anyway thankyou for your help - It's too late now but i'll remember that for the future, cheers :)

abrarkiani · 09-29-2008, 03:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thecool9

cat 5? I dunno what that is but im sure ive done it before with an ethernet. Anyway thankyou for your help - It's too late now but i'll remember that for the future, cheers :)

you can use internet by bridging both lan and wireless lan on ur neighbour computer after bridging
you assign your lan ip address just like your neighbour nor same 1 or 2 after or beforee.g
if your neighbour has ip 192.168.0.21
youpin ip any other 192.168.0.XX except your neighbour
and set gateway and dns same of your neighbour
you successfully connect to internet
hope you fot

**johnwill** · 09-29-2008, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thecool9

cat 5? I dunno what that is but im sure ive done it before with an ethernet. Anyway thankyou for your help - It's too late now but i'll remember that for the future, cheers :)

CAT5 is Ethernet cable.

09-22-2008, 01:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
thecool9 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista Home	Sharing a wireless connection to a non-wireless PC??? PLEASE HELP. ok... i NEED the internet tonight and its late - im not going out to buy anything so i need to find a solution without having to buy anything. Im at a mate's house with my pc and he has wireless... he has a laptop with a wireless adapter and can connect with no problem every time - I, however, do not have a wireless network card or adapter or anything of the like but I do have an ethernet cable... To sum up my question is this... Am I able to get a laptop which is connected to the internet and plug an ethernet cable from it to my PC and leech the internet off of that machine onto my pc with no wireless network card? (ive tried and can only get "Local Area Connection only") thnx in advance and sorry if i made the explanation a bit long-winded. Last edited by thecool9; 09-22-2008 at 01:24 PM. Reason: Title not clear

09-23-2008, 01:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
thecool9 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista Home	Re: sharing wireless over lan... is this not possible then, I take it? someone please help, im going to have this problem all da and its 8:41 in the cotten-pickin' morn! lol

09-23-2008, 07:39 AM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,608 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: sharing wireless over lan... You need to remember that not all of us live in your part of the world. To connect to the other machine with a cable, you need a crossover CAT5 cable, and you'll need to bridge the wireless and wired connections on the host computer. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

09-24-2008, 02:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
thecool9 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Windows Vista Home	Re: sharing wireless over lan... cat 5? I dunno what that is but im sure ive done it before with an ethernet. Anyway thankyou for your help - It's too late now but i'll remember that for the future, cheers :)