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desktop internet sharing to laptop

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by rodel_gurapo

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desktop internet sharing to laptop
here's the situation:
ihave laptop and a desktop. the desktop has an access to internet. it has two lan card, one is for the dsl modem. and the other one is connected to the laptop wired lan. i connect them using a crossed cable and they see each other in the network. the laptop is wifi ready. the problem is, i can't able to share the internet from desktop to laptop. i enabled the internet connection sharing of desktop but not work. can you help me on how to configure the internet sharing. both pc using windows xp. tnx

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by searchme1234

Hi
You need to enable internet connection sharing from your desktop.
You can find relevant material in the Start-> Help & Support on your Win XP.

Alternatively you can download a software to make your desktop a proxy server.

by himagirip

hi,
can u pls tell me what is that software which enables us to make the desktop as a proxy server. And also explain me step by step how to share this. At the end of the day i should be able to share the internet on both my laptop and desktop. Also pls tell me how do we enable to the Wireless LAN on Laptop?

by hal 9000

What you need to do is run the Network Setup Wizard on the Desktop first telling it that is the direct connection to the et and to allow File & Printer Sharing as well as that other computers will connect through that computer.

After that you then run the Network Setup Wizard on the NB and tell it that it connects through a Residential Gateway or another computer on the network and again share File & Printers as I'm supposing that you'll want to print from the NB to the Desktops Printer.

Lets know if you need any more help.

Col

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