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I recently bought some power line adapters to replace the wireless card in my computer and was wondering whether there is any software available that i can download to let me use the wireless card to broadcast the internet connection from the power line adapters
 
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Power line transmission is truly a lousy idea. It has many disadvantages including reliability problems, RFI/EMI radiations.

Putting high speed data modulation on a low frequency high power line is simply a terrible idea.

That said, I am not sure if it possible. Windows connection sharing gives you what you want but I don't know if two computers can connect via WIFI without a router in between.
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If you're running Windows, you can do it straight from the "Network Connections" page by sharing the ethernet connection and bridging the two (wireless and ethernet). I have never tried it, but if you search on Google there are many instructions you can follow.

http://lifehacker.com/5369381/turn-your-windows-7-pc-into-a-wireless-hotspot

You can also try software called Connectify.

However, that being said, you should look into getting a wireless router, because it makes things much more simple (and your desktop doesn't have to be turned on to use the WiFi).
 
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I have a virgin wireless router but the signal isn't very good in my room so i just wanted to use my computer to get a better connection.
 
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Power line transmission is truly a lousy idea. It has many disadvantages including reliability problems, RFI/EMI radiations.

Putting high speed data modulation on a low frequency high power line is simply a terrible idea.

That said, I am not sure if it possible. Windows connection sharing gives you what you want but I don't know if two computers can connect via WIFI without a router in between.
 
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