Wireless Networking in Laptop......?

[satyamy]

Guys i have 4 Desktop PC's Connected with a 100MB Dlink Router
I have bought a New HP Pavillion Laptop
I want to know can i connect it to my other 4 desktop PC so i inserted one lan on Router & other side on my laptop it was connected but

Is their any Options that i can connect it wireless to my other 4 pc's
If yes than how.......?
It has a button on it called wireless lan when i press it it shows a message that wireless connection disable

Pls tell me how to do Wireless Networking...........?

[jz2linkinpark]

for a start, your other pcs must also have Wireless facilities, otherwise you'll have to buy them..

[satyamy]

Did'nt understant what u told wht do u mean by other wireless connection
all my other pc's are desktop PC's

[AshishSharma]

If you have Wireless Network Card on your desktop as well as your Laptop then you can configure a Wireless Network connection between them.... Bole to WiFi :)

[eagle_y2j]

u will need

Wifi Router \ and wifi cards for your each PC for a total wifi network

[AshishSharma]

You don't need a Wifi Router check this :

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/adhoc.mspx#2

[a_medico]

Right. Just for network, router can be bypassed.

I can connect 2 wireless laptops without any router. I hope same principle should work for more than 2 laptops/desktops with wireless cards.

Router comes into picture when I use the net.
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ok..this is somethg someone posted long back when i wanted to configure my wireless cards. Will just copy paste it.


do the following on each of ur computers

goto network conections from control panel
right clicko n ur wireless lan card
goto tcp ip and click on properties ( or double click on tcp/ip )

give one the ip address 192.168.0.1
the other the ip address of 192.168.0.2

give them both subnet masks of 255.255.255.0 ( should be default )
and leave gateway and dns alone

now goto the wirless networks tab
and below click on "add"

ull get a new screen askin u some stuff

SSID : name for ur wireless connection
give the same name on both computers
set the other details as required and choose " this is an adhoc network"

not this wireless network settings should be same on BOTH laptops.
now when it says wireless network found. it should also connect automatically
now from one try pinging the otehr ..
meanin goto command prompt and type in 192.168.0.x
x being 1 or 2 depending on the ip of the pc ur pinging.
if u get a reply everything is well n good


now ull need to share files on each pc. ... or login as admin on both pcs to access default admin shares ...

access the pc by using its ip address in the address bar of windows explorer .. as follws



\\192.168.0.x

[satyamy]

ok understood
i also want to share net connection
so i'll buy wifi lan card for my desktops
thanks