Using only the equipment I already own and without purchasing an EVDO router, I am trying to share my internet connection wirelessly with a Mac Mini (built in Airport/ WiFi) and notebook computer (built in WiFi). My Novatel U727 USB modem (Sprint) is used as a full-time internet solution at home. The USB modem replaced my satellite internet which WAS routed through my Linksys Wireless G Broadband router (WRT54GS) and then connected through the LAN to my desktop PC. My notebook and Mac Mini could then connect wirelessly through the WiFi. Now that the internet connection is plugged directly into my desktop PC through the USB and no longer through the Linksys router I am trying to figure out how to share the internet connection with the Mac Mini and notebook computer. However, I don’t know how to setup a wireless peer to peer or gateway/bridge from the PC desktop using the Linksys router which can also function as a LAN and Access Point. Since my desktop PC is my primary computer I prefer to have the U727 plugged directly into this machine but am open to using the Mac Mini’s Airport and internet sharing capabilities if there is a better solution there. I am new to Mac and know much less about them than PC’s. My PC is running XP Pro. Any help is much appreciated and my apologies if this is in any way a repeated post. In my initial search of the forum I could not find a solution to this scenario.
Thank you in advance for your reply,
Kit
kit@ktc.com