68 Users Manual
Sharing an Internet connection through a wireless network
By connecting your computer to another computer, which is connected to the Internet
over a wired connection, through a wireless network (Peer-to- Peer), you can access
the Internet from your computer.
To share an Internet connection, the computers should be connected to a
computer-to-computer (peer-to-peer) wireless network. For details, see
“Connecting to computer-to-computer networks (peer-to-peer or ad hoc)” on
page 53.
Also, one of the computers has to be connected to the Internet (external
network).
The description for Sharing Internet access is for the operating system
Windows XP Service Pack 2.
To share an Internet connection, complete the following procedures:
•
Step 1. Configuring a Internet connection sharing from the computer connected
to the Internet.
•
Step 2. After completing the shared Internet connection configuration, check
that the other computers can access the Internet through the shared Internet
connection.
Step 1. Configuring Internet Sharing.
Configuring a shared Internet connection on the computer connected to the Internet.
1.
Click
Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Network
Connections
.
2.
Right-click on the device connected to the Internet, the external network, and
select Properties.
