Need urgent help setting up laptop as wifi hotspot using ICS


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    Need urgent help setting up laptop as wifi hotspot using ICS


    Hi, I am on holiday at the moment and trying to set my lap top as a wifi hotspot.

    I have two identical Acer Aspire one Laptops both running windows 7. I can only connect to the internet in the hotel room using one wired connection. So I wanted to set up one Laptop up so as a wifi hotspot to connect the other to it wirelessly and share the internet connection.

    I can create the addhoc connection and turn on ICS no problem. I can connect the client laptop to the server but no matter what I do I can not get internet connection sharing to work!

    I have even tried MaryFi and Connectivity software but that does not work either.

    Can anyone help me out please?
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    rede96 said:
    Hi, I am on holiday at the moment and trying to set my lap top as a wifi hotspot.

    I have two identical Acer Aspire one Laptops both running windows 7. I can only connect to the internet in the hotel room using one wired connection. So I wanted to set up one Laptop up so as a wifi hotspot to connect the other to it wirelessly and share the internet connection.

    I can create the addhoc connection and turn on ICS no problem. I can connect the client laptop to the server but no matter what I do I can not get internet connection sharing to work!

    I have even tried MaryFi and Connectivity software but that does not work either.

    Can anyone help me out please?
    You do realize that an Ad Hoc network is sharing a wireless connection to another wireless client?

    You are trying to use ICS to create an Ad Hoc network. This isn't a supported configuration although I have seen a few people get this to work but unfortunately it's not repeatable, it's also not reliable even if they do get it to work. It's basically not a supported configuration so it's very unlikely you can get this to work reliably if at all, but if you do find a way then please report the procedure here. :)
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    chev65 said:
    You do realize that an Ad Hoc network is sharing a wireless connection to another wireless client?

    You are trying to use ICS to create an Ad Hoc network. This isn't a supported configuration although I have seen a few people get this to work but unfortunately it's not repeatable, it's also not reliable even if they do get it to work. It's basically not a supported configuration so it's very unlikely you can get this to work reliably if at all, but if you do find a way then please report the procedure here. :)
    Hi, and thanks for the reply.

    I have used this setup before and had it working, although it was a while ago. I think I used MaryFi, but I have tried this again and it didn't work.

    But in theory it should work as the set up I have is Laptop A is connected to the internet through the ethernet card via cable, not wireless. So once I have made the add hoc connection from Laptop B to Laptop A via wireless, Laptop B should connect to the internet via Laptop A.

    But for some reason it wont
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    Connectify - Turn your PC into a Wi-Fi Hotspot and Get Faster Internet

    Connectify has a Pro version that may be able to do what you want but it costs money, still it's made to share a wireless connection not a wired one.

    This one shows how to set up a hosted wireless network using the command prompt.

    http://winsupersite.com/article/faqt...ion-wirelessly

    Or you can install a virtual router.

    Virtual Router - Wifi Hot Spot for Windows 7 / 2008 R2 - Home
    Last edited by chev65; 08 May 2013 at 10:57.
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    chev65 said:
    Connectify - Turn your PC into a Wi-Fi Hotspot and Get Faster Internet this has a Pro version that may be able to do what you want but it costs money, still it's made to share a wireless connection not a wired one.

    This one shows how to set up a hosted wireless network using the command prompt.

    http://winsupersite.com/article/faqt...ion-wirelessly

    Or you can install a virtual router.

    Virtual Router - Wifi Hot Spot for Windows 7 / 2008 R2 - Home
    Thanks for that. I have not tried the command prompt yet, but the other 2 do not work. I tried the free version of Connectify, but no good.

    I think I may need to give up on this
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