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connect laptop to pc for wireless?

  • 27-08-2011 02:21PM
    #1
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭


    my pcs wireless card broke, i have a laptop with working wireless. can i just run an ethernet cable from my laptop to my pc and setup the gateway etc? thanks


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  • #2
    FSL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    You could connect the PC and the laptop using an Ethernet cable and share the wireless connection on the laptop.

    Can you not connect the PC to the router using an Ethernet cable?

    A new wireless card for the PC would be relatively inexpensive.


  • #3
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    yeah just moved my pc to the router, im lazy :)


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