If You Have One Computer That Gets It Internet From A Wireless Source, Can That Computer Shares Its Internet With Anoth.

by **Cornal** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 7:46 am

if you have one computer that gets it internet from a wireless source, can that computer shares its internet with another via ethernet cable or crossover? I have one computer that gets internet from a friend's wireless router but I also want to share that internet connection with my xbox 360 via ethernet cable, is that possible and how would I go about that? w/o buying the 360's wireless adapter.

by **Gilli** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:22 am

If it has Ethernet, you can do a local network with the right version of Windows Otherwise you need something like a Linksys router to divide the signal and send it to the Ethernet port on each of your computers. If you do not have a Ethernet port, you can get a card for a few dollars. I have put many into computers it is not difficult for most. If it is, you can take it to a local computer store and they will not charge much. The hook up is not difficult or you could hire someone to do it for you if you don't know someone you can ask. The best part is that you can share printers, disk drives and have a basic backup system to protect your data. Gary4books 100 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

by **Silvestre** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:43 am

discjedi said: 1 Going to Control Panel, Network Connections, Right-clicking on my wireless connection, properties, advanced, share internet with other computers worked fine. I used my NIC to link a patch/crossover from my computer to my xbox 360 to share the connection. Works great. 100 months ago

by **ScIymgeour** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:53 am

One of the more common/popular proxy software out there is Wingate(www.wingate.com). There are other free ones out there as well, but I haven't had much experience with them.

by **Gram** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:15 pm

Yes, generally with the use of proxy software such as wingate One of the more common/popular proxy software out there is Wingate(www.wingate.com). There are other free ones out there as well, but I haven't had much experience with them. jonaeskile 100 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

by **marq** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:17 am

Between the Sharing and Network preference panes, you can set this up. Set your Mac to connect to the internet via Airport. Then go to Sharing and turn on Internet Sharing, passing the internet connection from the wireless to the ethernet port, and you're good to go. Devices connected to the "bridge computer" via Ethernet will get a 10.0.x.x address, and won't have an external IP, because the simple Internet Sharing doesn't do much in the way of routing. I know the network cards on Macs now don't need crossover cables; they just figure it out. I think this is true of most ethernet cards. I know I've seen this done with a Windows XP laptop, but I don't know the specific Control Panel to use.

by **Ahote** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:49 pm

On OS X, yes. Between the Sharing and Network preference panes, you can set this up. Set your Mac to connect to the internet via Airport. Then go to Sharing and turn on Internet Sharing, passing the internet connection from the wireless to the ethernet port, and you're good to go. Devices connected to the "bridge computer" via Ethernet will get a 10.0.x.x address, and won't have an external IP, because the simple Internet Sharing doesn't do much in the way of routing. I know the network cards on Macs now don't need crossover cables; they just figure it out. I think this is true of most ethernet cards. I know I've seen this done with a Windows XP laptop, but I don't know the specific Control Panel to use. UltraNurd 100 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

by **hagalean100** » Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:31 pm

Going to Control Panel, Network Connections, Right-clicking on my wireless connection, properties, advanced, share internet with other computers worked fine. I used my NIC to link a patch/crossover from my computer to my xbox 360 to share the connection. Works great.

by **Espen** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:10 pm

Yes. Just get a NIC, then run the ethernet cable to the XBOX, go into the network control panel on the computer, right click on the wireless, on the right there should be a tab for "Sharing", click the "Share my internet" or whatever it is in your panel. bunchesofdonald 100 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

by **ring** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:18 am

Otherwise you need something like a Linksys router to divide the signal and send it to the Ethernet port on each of your computers. If you do not have a Ethernet port, you can get a card for a few dollars. I have put many into computers it is not difficult for most. If it is, you can take it to a local computer store and they will not charge much. The hook up is not difficult or you could hire someone to do it for you if you don't know someone you can ask. The best part is that you can share printers, disk drives and have a basic backup system to protect your data.

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