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    How do you do this...

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by cooldude1015, Jan 22, 2006.

  1. cooldude1015

    cooldude1015 Notebook Consultant

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    OK, I have two laptops both with a wireless networking card. I haven't been able to get an ad-hoc network going between the two and I don't have a router.

    One laptop is upstairs and one is downstairs.

    I have a printer connected to the downstairs laptop via an USB cable.

    Now, the question is: How do I connect the two laptops so that first, we can share the downstairs connection (dial-up & DSL) with the computer upstairs and second, we can have the upstairs computer print on the printer through the downstairs computer/router/etc.

    I would prefer to prefer not buying a router or a networking gizmo of some sort to do this but any suggestion will be taken thankfully.

    Thanks! and I look forward to your responses.
     
    cooldude1015, Jan 22, 2006
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