Comments on: Laptop as a Wireless Router

By: Thomas O'Neill

Thomas O'Neill — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:52:00 +0000

I’m having a problem with this, as I am connecting my laptop via HARDWIRE to the DSL router, then wanting to broadcast a wireless signal to connect my android smartphone…

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:06:00 +0000

The password and security settings would need to be set on the main wireless router. Then you set the security settings on the wireless laptop to match those on the main wireless router.

By: Anton

Anton — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:43:00 +0000

Yes can we do this without any external hub, because in laptop there is one or more ethernet plug in port / hub.

By: Kurtistrainor

Kurtistrainor — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:33:00 +0000

Is there anyway to do this without the hub or crossover cable?

I’m guessing i cant just run the ethernet cable from my laptop to my desktop…

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:19:00 +0000

From what I see online about the Home Hub 3, although it’s name would indicate otherwise, it’s actually a router. A hub doesn’t provide any routing capability at all, it only provides a means for computers to connect directly to each other via an ethernet connection. I’m not sure if there is any way to use a Home Hub without any routing.

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:40:00 +0000

One thing that may help prevent computers from connecting to it, would be to disable the DHCP server on the Home Hub if that is possible to do. Without DHCP and using a different DHCP server or manually assigning IPs, the Home Hub should function very much like a hub.

By: Tom Middlecoat

Tom Middlecoat — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:54:00 +0000

hi, im trying to do this using a home hub 3, but every time i plug it in, my computer decides to try connect through the hub instead, can you help? thanks.

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:44:00 +0000

If it works sometimes, it’s most likely that you have a weak signal to the
main wireless router.

By: Yogesh Sharma

Yogesh Sharma — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:57:00 +0000

yes.

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:52:00 +0000

Are you trying to use it as a wireless router?

By: Yogesh Sharma

Yogesh Sharma — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:10:00 +0000

Hi, i have problem connecting my nokia x6 to my laptop through wifi, i did all the settings in my laptop but when i want to brouse internet on my mobile it shows invalid server name, but some times the same setting work.
Plz help me how to tackle it.
Thanks

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:10:00 +0000

No problem. Thanks for coming back and providing the link to the info on
the Ubuntu solution.

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:59:00 +0000

It’s been some time since I’ve used Ubuntu, so I’m not really sure. I’m not
sure if Ubuntu 10.04 has a way to do this via the desktop interface, but I
wouldn’t be surprised if it does. I would suggest checking the Ubuntu
forums for information on bridging wireless and wired network adapters.

By: Dynamic Genesis

Dynamic Genesis — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:45:00 +0000

Hi,

I use linux, how can I go about…. (I know that I will need a crossover cable since I don’t have a hub)
I just need help in linux because I don’t know much about the O.S.

I am using Ubuntu 10.04, thanks!

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:00:31 +0000

You need a main wireless router to transmit a signal for the main Internet

connection. The laptop behaves as a wireless router for additional

computers that do not have wireless adapters to connect to the main wireless

router. It's good for connecting desktop computers in other rooms that do

not have wireless adapters.

A wireless LAN party is a great example why you might want to set this up.

Everyone has desktop computers which take up a lot of space, so they need

to set up all of them in a dining room. However, the dining room has no

internet connection or wireless router. With my configuration you could

use a single laptop as the wireless router for all of the desktop computers

in the LAN party.

By: Me

Me — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:54:14 +0000

I really don't get this… The title is “Use a Laptop as a Wirelles Router” and one of the basic requirements is a …wirelles router? )

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:00:31 +0000

By: Me

Me — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:54:14 +0000

I really don't get this… The title is “Use a Laptop as a Wirelles Router” and one of the basic requirements is a …wirelles router? )

By: GeekLad

GeekLad — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:37:43 +0000

Glad to help, have fun!

By: Unknown Abyss

Unknown Abyss — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:28:34 +0000

Awesome dude, should be helpful for the LAN party today