need help with internet connection

Destrus · 07-22-2009, 06:35 AM

my wireless switch on my laptop is messed up and instead of spending money to buy a usb wireless thing for it i was hoping to somehow connect it to my desktop through ethernet and use the internet from my desktop.

there's apparently a way to do this using a router but so far all fail. searching the internet isn't helping either. anything i've run into either doesnt' work or are incomplete

**Hraesvelg** · 07-22-2009, 06:52 AM

If you're going a wired route, why not just plug your laptop into the router? What OS are you using?

Destrus · 07-22-2009, 07:04 AM

the rotuer is downstairs. i would like to try to get an ethernet cable long enough to reach but i feel that would cause too many other problems xD

using xp on both

**Hraesvelg** · 07-22-2009, 07:09 AM

Do you have another router on hand?

Destrus · 07-22-2009, 07:10 AM

**Hraesvelg** · 07-22-2009, 07:12 AM

Ach, your desktop is wireless, isn't it?

Destrus · 07-22-2009, 07:13 AM

yea, desktop's connected to the internet wirelessly through the other network. hoping to use the ethernet on it to connect my laptop though.

**Hraesvelg** · 07-22-2009, 07:16 AM

You'll need a crossover cable.

Destrus · 07-22-2009, 07:17 AM

i dont' have money or feel like buying anything so i was hoping to use this spare router to do it somehow. there's apparently people that have managed to >_<

**Hraesvelg** · 07-22-2009, 07:34 AM

Hmm, you could try wiring the laptop and desktop to your router, then in the Network settings, you could try briding the connection. Might work. I'm not really a networking person. I just dabble.