I just bought a hp desktop with Vista. The desktop has an internal wireless card in it and it has our dsl lan cable pluged into it for internet. I need to set up a small wireless network running out of the tower's wireless card so i can use the internet and the desktops printer with my two laptops. I tried using an ad hoc network but only one of my laptops would recognize that there was a network being broadcasted. The lap top that recognized it said that the setting were not set to accept ad hoc networks. It gave me directions on how to change the setting. If folowed the directions and the settings list it talked about did not exist. I need a network set up so i can access the internet on all computers and us the printer that is pluged into the tower (remember: ad hoc did not work and i do not have or want to buy a router)
2007-05-16 01:59:05 · 3 answers · asked by flackjack 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
How would i make my tower a base station ive heard about it but never done it
2007-05-16 02:33:08 · update #1
Here is the Microsoft guide to what needs to be done to accomplish what you are after.. It does work. Just takes some configuration on your machines.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx
The one thing that you need to do...
If your computer previously connected to a preferred access point, remove all preferred access points. This will ensure that a connection is made only to the ad hoc network that you are trying to configure.
Hope that helps.
2007-05-16 02:58:17 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesnt work that way. Wireless cards in one computer cannot be used as an access point. Buy a $34 Belkin wireless router.
Follow the instructions to the letter.
2007-05-16 09:40:54 · answer #2 · answered by mar m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be able to turn your base station wifi card into a base station... then the laptops can connect to what they see as a base station.
2007-05-16 09:03:08 · answer #3 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋