Is it possible to have a laptop act as a wifi hotspot?

Question

I currently do not have a wifi router, but I have 2 laptops. If I plug one laptop into the RJ-45 cable to connect to the internet, is there any way I can use the laptop's wireless to allow my other laptop to also connect to the internet? Both are running XP. I'll have my router back in a couple days, I just want to get both computers connected until then.

Answer 1

You'd have to set up internet connection sharing on the one with the wired connection, and then enable the wireless connection as an ad-hoc connection so that the other laptop can see it. A lot of work if you're only going to be down for a couple of days.