Wireless Newtwork card

[dgwilliams]

Hi i am thinking of setting up a wirless network. I have a laptop and a desk top pc. I want to connect the laptop to the PC so as to share its resources.

Is it only the laptop that needs a specialised wireless network card or would the PC aswell or can the PC just have a standard network card installed?

thanks

 

[bcastner]

Both would need a wireless adapter.

What you are trying to achieve is an "ad hoc" connection between two wireless workstations.

 

[dgwilliams]

yes i would like a pier to pier network, would this allow me to share the internet connection on one of the machines with the other or not.

 

[bcastner]

Yes.

You would use ICS, "Internet Connection Sharing", a native feature of the Windows OS since Win9x.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/