Wireless internet to pc, pc lan card to router, router sends wireless signal?
Ok, I have my PC recieving my wireless internet (througgh my wireless card) in my complex, can I use a lan card and connect the cable to my router to output the internet signal? IF so how?
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- Be very careful, what you are trying could cause a network loop that would bring down the whole complex. If you get wireless from the building to a PC, then connect an ethernet card and cable from the PC to the router uplink, then enable and configure ICS on the PC (make sure you get the correct sides, provide dhcp/dns to the wired port only!) then configure your routers wireless to a different channel and SSID, then open almost all the ports on the router and first PC inbound and outbound, then connect another wireless device to the second SSID, you might get internet access/file sharing on the second machine.
- Well that is often done using Linux and then setting the machine up to route. I think you would be better off with a wireless bridge which would connect to your complex. Connect it to the WAN side of your router and let all machines on the lan side connect normally. In other words, wireless bridge to router, router connects to all machines on this end of bridge. Using a computer as a network bridge seems a waste of resources to me. And like the answer above you could indeed get a loop going.
