Running Windows XP SP2, all updates, blah blah…
2 NICs: One is a standard CAT-5 NIC, the other is a Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter with SRX (WMP54GX )
The scenario: I have cable internet from Time-Warner. I do not have a router as of yet. I have the Internet running directly from the cable modem to the NIC in my computer. I got the wireless NIC from my roommate’s computer that he had from when he lived with his parents. He says it receives as well as broadcasts wirelessly. What I’m trying to do is run the Internet to my computer, and broadcast it so my roommate can use his laptop wirelessly. Is this possible? I like the wired connection because it’s faster, and he needs the wireless.
I’m a total dunce it seems when it comes to wireless networking. When I try to bridge the connections in Windows XP, I get no access to the outside world.
If it comes down to it, I can run and buy a router that includes wireless/wired, but he paid upwards of $200 for this wireless NIC; I just don’t know how to use it.
