Connecting wirelessly to an xp computer.

Hi there,

I got an XP laptop running and wirelessly conected to our router.

Somehow my laptop is not able to connect with that router, even with the correct password. (before I was just running on the cable but I wanted to go in my room upstairs)

Now is there a way to connect to that XP laptop and get the internet from the XP laptop? I know VirtualRouter but that's only for Windows7. The XP laptop must stay wirelessly connected to the router since my mom does not want to go on cable either. And we don't want to buy a new router...

Any solutions?

Thx!
Martin

So let me make sure that I have this right:

You have a router that doesn't support wireless capabilities
You have an XP laptop with a wireless card
The XP laptop is connected via wire to your router
You have a Windows 7 computer also with a wireless card
You are trying to connect to the internet wirelessly, by connecting to your XP laptop (which is sharing its wireless card) with your Windows 7 computer?

Am I right?

Hi there, both of you! Thanks for your quick replies.

My own laptop is not able to connect to the router (I don't know why)
The XP Computer is connected wirelessly to the router;
I want to connect via the XP computer to the network.

@seavixen32: If i set up another network on the XP laptop, my wireless connection to the router goes away :)

Have you tried sharing the XP's wireless card, then connecting to that? That should give you network access and internet access.

It would be great if you can tell me how :)

Sorry, I was just making sure that I had the right idea.

Follow this link up until step 9. From then on, follow these steps:

Go to start any type "Network and Sharing Center"

Click on Network and Sharing Center, and a window like this should come up. Then click on Manage Wireless Networks on the right hand side.

Click next, and that should do it!

Hope this helps,
The Unofficial

Well that ^^^^^ certainly didn't work...