Share Internet B/W Two PCs Or Set up an ad-hoc network

An ad hoc network is a temporary connection between computers and devices used for a specific purpose, such as sharing documents during a meeting or playing multiple-player computer games. You can also temporarily share an Internet connection with other people on your ad hoc network, so those people don’t have to set up their own Internet connections. Ad hoc networks can only be wireless, so you must have a wireless network adapter installed in your computer to set up or join an ad hoc network.


1. Click start

2. Clicking Connect to...a Woindow will open before you showing list of available networks

3. Click Set up a connection or network.

4. Click Set up a wireless ad hoc (computer-to-computer) network, click Next

5. In Network name field Write the network name of ur choice

6. In security type field select no authentication if u do not wish to provide password but if u wish to provide password select wep and write the password in password field

7. select save this network if u wish to use it later also

8. click next

Now u have created an adhoc network to connect both pcs



On PC2(You can connect any no. of pcs just the speed will be effected)

for all windows version before vista

1. Click start=> connect to=>show all connections (For all versions before vista)

2. Select the wirless network icon

3. right click on it and select properties

4. in properties select tcp/ip and selectautomatic discovery of address

5. Now click connect to and select the network u just created

for windows vista

1. click start=> connect to and connect to the network u just created

2. click start=> control pannel=>network and sharing center

3. Click on the status of wlan

4. a window will open before you now click properties

5. click continue select ipv4/tcpconnect both pcs

6. now select obtain ip address automatically

7. click ok

Congratulations: you have been connected to internet enjoy sharing


Notes

=>If one or more of the networked computers is joined to a domain, you need to have a user account on that computer to see and access shared items on it.

=>If the networked computers are not joined to a domain, but you want to require people to have a user account on your computer for access to shared items, turn on password protected sharing in Network and Sharing Center.


=>An ad hoc network is automatically deleted after all users disconnect from the network or when the person who set up the network disconnects and goes out of range of the other users of the network, unless you choose to make it a permanent network when you create it.

If you share your Internet connection, Internet connection sharing (ICS) will be disabled if you disconnect from the ad hoc network, you create a new ad hoc network without disconnecting from the old ad hoc network for which you enabled ICS, or you log off and then log back on (without disconnecting from the ad hoc network).
If you set up an ad hoc network and share your Internet connection, and then someone logs on to the same computer by using Fast User Switching, the Internet connection will still be shared, even if you didn't intend to share it with that person.