Use Laptop As An Internet Uplink?

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Hi, i have a wireless network in my home that provides broadband access
to all my laptops and desktops. I have recently aquired some older
computers that will not accept the wireless cards, but will accept
networking cards. I was wondering if there was a way to use a
wirelessly configured laptop as my internet uplink. I don't know if
its possible, but I want to use my ethernet card as the router to my
wireless network. It seems to me that the network card can only be
used in an "in" fashion, but I thought it was worth it to ask if anyone
knows how to convert it to an "out" port. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

dbloom810 <dbloom810@zoominternet.net> wrote:
> Hi, i have a wireless network in my home that provides broadband
> access to all my laptops and desktops. I have recently aquired some
> older computers that will not accept the wireless cards, but will
> accept networking cards.

If the machines accept ethernet cards, they'll accept WiFi cards. Sounds
like you just need to find some PCMCIA (16BIT) WiFi cards rather than
CARDBUS (32BIT) cards.

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Regards,

James

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