Comments on: How to make your laptop act as a router

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:06:11 +0000

Hi,
Thanks for the instruction but I have a small problem with it. the first time I do exactly what you’ve shown here and I had success. But the second time, nothing happen, I mean my laptop doesn’t want to connect to the wireless network ad-hoc mode that i create. I don’t know why, but do you? Just let me know ASAP
Cheers.
D.

By: Rosie

Rosie — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:58:05 +0000

I have Windows XP on my desktop computer and would like to make it act as a router for three laptop computers with Windows Vista. Would that even be possible? I followed the directions and just couldn’t do it.

Any suggestions?

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:55:40 +0000

This is so awesome. Thank you so much.

By: rokie

rokie — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:02:30 +0000

It doesn’t work for me. I try to connect my ipod to the network. The ipod is already connected, but, I still cant go online through my ipod.

For step 2, I can’t find the drop down menu, so I just skipped it.

How can I make it work?

By: AB

AB — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:18:45 +0000

u rock man! I got my laptop working as a router now at home! sweet

By: Sidharth

Sidharth — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:42:12 +0000

I have windows vista on my laptop and it is connected to the internet and i am trying to make it a router for my blackberry curve 8900. is it possible? can you help me.

Thank you

By: Lola

Lola — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:26:02 +0000

Wow this seems terribly complex, I would suggest just going to your local store and buying a home router. Why? Because you would first need to have two NIC cards and you would have to configure one, which is not an easy process. Then you would need routing software, which might entail Linux and setup routing tables along with that! Unless you want to just learn this for the heck of it, I would not recommend using a laptop as a router.

By: ben

ben — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:42:53 +0000

In step 2, where can I find the drop down menu? Step 6, I see my just created Network name, in the network connection list, but it failed to make the connection.

I am using windows XP.

I am trying to connect my Philips LCD TV, equiped with wireless Nettv, to my laptop configured as wireless access point as described in your procedure. On my tv I can see all wireless routers in my neighbourhood, but mine is not visible, because I expect the reason is that step 6 failed. Or am I trying something that is not possible .

Ben

By: Mike Strange

Mike Strange — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:14:57 +0000

All O.K. now not sure what I did but now it works no problem, when I connect to internet on my EeePC through my wireless CDMA USB modem and then start up my Ipod touch it can connect every time. Very happy now many thanks

By: ricky

ricky — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:05:34 +0000

@ thomas yes it will

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:53:26 +0000

Haven’t tried it but was wondering if it will work in reverse, using wireless for internet connection and wired ethernet for sharing through a wired router.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:33:50 +0000

Did not work on ipod touch…it found the connection but I got no internet

By: Mike Strange

Mike Strange — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:54:34 +0000

NOT WORKING ANYMORE ?
It all seemed too good to be true and now it doesnt work anymore. I have tried going back and starting again and also using another laptop but I just cannot connect my ipod anymore.
Can anybody help please

By: MuffiZainu

MuffiZainu — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:31:35 +0000

***HELP***

I’m LOST from STEP 2.

Step Two: Click the drop down menu and select “Wireless Network Connection“. Click OK.

I just can’t seem to find this DROP DOWN MENU!
(If it’s supposed to be in the same place as Step 1, then it’d definitely not there!)

Please help!!

By: ludwig

ludwig — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:26:57 +0000

hola…. en windows vista no es igual no aparecen las mismas imagenes y no encontre lo de “wireless” por favor has otro tutorial