
Nowadays most of the WiFi network cards are coming with features which will allow you to share your internet connection with other systems using wireless LAN. What about that if you have a wireless USB modem to connect internet and want to share that connection with another computer at your home desktop which doesn’t have the WiFi feature.
Prerequisite:
- A crossover Ethernet Cable
- Supported LAN card in both the computer
- The Ethernet Network driver installed
- A wireless USB modem to connect internet
On Host Computer:
After getting ready with the prerequisites, attach the modem with a host computer (the computer which youāll use to share the Internet) and connect with the internet using that device.
Go toĀ Control PanelĀ from the start menu and click on Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center. A window appears. Click on theĀ Change adapter settingsĀ from the left sidebar.
Under theĀ Network ConnectionsĀ windows, select the correct icon representing your wireless modem and right-click on it and selectĀ PropertiesĀ from the context menu.
TheĀ Wireless Terminal PropertiesĀ box appear. Flip to theĀ SharingĀ tab and configure the Internet Connection Sharing as follows:
- Check the boxĀ āAllow other network users to connect through this computerās Internet connectionā. Once you select this option, you will get a message like this:
- ClickĀ OK.
- Select the network connection type from the drop-down box. In this case, you should select the āLocal Area Connectionā.
- You can allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection by selecting the checkbox.
- Finally, clickĀ OK. A message should appear confirming that the IP address will be changed toĀ 192.168.137.1
- Click onĀ YesĀ which will show another message saying that the IP has been set to the above value and you may lose any existing connection.
Thatās all to configure the host computer for sharing internet connection from it using an Ethernet Crossover cable.
Configuring the Client Computer:
In the computer where you want to use the internet connection shared from the 1st computer with the WiFi connection, configure the LAN adapter by the following way.
Go to the settings for your LAN adapter and change the IP address toĀ Obtain an IP address automaticallyĀ andĀ Obtain DNS server address automatically.
This should enable the Internet connection in your client computer.