Thread: Public WiFi to ethernet?
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Old 23-12-2008, 22:07   #3
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Re: Public WiFi to ethernet?
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Originally Posted by Bender View Post
why not just connect each machine to the wireless independantly - that's what it's there for!
Because :-

"I don't want to buy two sets of adapters, as both require the £30+ hi-gain antenna. "

I've not come across public wifi before but depending on how it works, it may be possible to buy a wireless access point and plug a high gain antenna into it and then plug this in to the WAN port of your existing wifi cable router (it must be a router and not just a switch). This would solve all your problems.

If this is not possible then you need to turn on ICS on one machine which will need the hi-gain G adapter PLUS a bog standard 11B/G usb adapter (i.e. 2 network adapters). Then you can plug a matching 11B/G USB adapter in the second PC. You'll need to keep the first PC on if you want the second PC to access the internet.
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