a verry off the wall question here, since my notebook has wi-fi, if i connected to another computer without wi-fi with a cat5, could that computer acess the internet through my notebook?
Compaq Presario R3000t
Pentium 4 -3.0Gh H/T
1 Gig DDR
15.4BrightVew (1280x800)
80 Gig 4200Rpm
128 Radeion 9000 IGP
4x DVD-+R/RW/CD-+RW/R
802.11b/g
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theoritically, yes
but like chris rock said about driving with your feet, "just because you can do it, doesn't mean it's to be done." -
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a verry off the wall question here, since my notebook has wi-fi, if i connected to another computer without wi-fi with a cat5, could that computer acess the internet through my notebook?
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Yup, it's entirely possible using Windows Internet Connection Sharing. The cat5 cable you use has to be a crossover cable though, not patch cable. Otherwise it won't work. Here's a link to Microsoft's own instructions on setting up ICS:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/learnmore/ics.mspxLast edited by a moderator: May 8, 2015
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Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Samwise592, Jan 27, 2005.