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ShadowGaming

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I have these two computers, one has a network card and one does not. The computer with the network card is a custom built Windows 8.1 gaming computer and the card is this. My other computer is a 16 year old Windows XP Machine which I've dual booted with Slacko Puppy Linux.

My first question: How does someone normally set this kind of thing up? I've seen a bunch of links to a tutorial on Microsoft's website, but they lead me nowhere (as if the page was deleted or turned into a redirect page).

My second question: Is it possible to set up ICS between my Windows 8.1 pc and my Puppy Linux pc? If not, would there be a better setup? Since I don't see an upgrade opportunity coming any time soon, I'd like to use it in its current form to maximum effectiveness as a media machine. If I could use Youtube with a few extensions and Netflix, it would be great.

That's why I chose Puppy Linux over Windows XP. I'd imagine that it has more options when it comes to software. The default Firefox doesn't look too outdated, but I'm not use to Firefox so I don't really know.
 
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Is your goal to share a wireless connection. Is that what you are calling a network card in your main pc.

If you have a wireless and a ethernet in you main pc it is pretty standard ICS and microsoft has excellent instructions on how to set it up with images of the screens you need to change.

It will be much simpler to plug both into your router or a switch if you can do that.
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As bill says, u need a network card in the pc that doesn't have one, and if u get a network card, it's necessary anymore to TETHER it to the first pc?

Long time ago, once upon a time u can network through serial port or even USB, but this only if are stubborn and think spending $10 for a cheapy used network card is too easy.
 
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ShadowGaming

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I mean, the mobo has an ethernet port. It's currently connected to my gaming pc's ethernet port on its motherboard (because the network card doesn't have one). It probably has something built in there, because Puppy Linux is detecting something, but it doesn't connect wirelessly.

Are you telling me that I will need two network cards? Or are you saying that the card in my gaming pc isn't actually a network card?

It has some sort of card in there, but it has two phone-in lines, and what I assume are audio-in lines (seeing as how they say LINE MIC and SPK on it).

 
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bill001g

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Is your goal to share a wireless connection. Is that what you are calling a network card in your main pc.

If you have a wireless and a ethernet in you main pc it is pretty standard ICS and microsoft has excellent instructions on how to set it up with images of the screens you need to change.

It will be much simpler to plug both into your router or a switch if you can do that.
 
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