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Champ <svshootingstar@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The crossover cable idea seems to be about the easist solution. The
> newest notebook has an ethernet
> card built in. I guess all I'd need is a 2nd PCMCIA ethernet card for
> the 2nd computer and the crossover cable. This isn't that big a boat
> and a 10-12' cable oughta do it. Since you said "might" just run a
> crossover cable, is this a sure, proven thing? This will really allow
> both computers to access the web at the same time? As you can tell,
> this stuff pretty new to me. Thanks for all the info guys!
It does break your "don't want to power them both up" desire.
The computer in the middle does have to be turned on.
ICS absolutley does work. The crossover cable definitely works. Your two
laptops will be on a network together. you get very little control over
that link. The IP address is fixed. Fuss with it, and it will never work
again ;-)
But if you have to buy a PCMCIA card and the cable, then I wouldn't go that
way. I would go with a USB-wifi. I see them pretty cheap now.
I bought one for $49.95, with two $20 rebates, end cost $9.95. I carry it
in my laptop bag to set up adhoc networks to customers that don't have a
network. A lot of people have unused ethernet ports, but almost everyone
has a USB port. I use AdHoc or a crossover and ICS in this fashion to
reach the internet via dialup, so it ought to work for your case.
Since the other card's antenna is on the mast, there probably won't be any
interference, if the existing card's internal antenna can be turned off.
Otherwise, you can select the channel used on the ad-hoc part (between the
two computers), you'll have no control over the channel used by the distant
WAP.
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