Can this be done?

[00obrimw]

I don't really know much at all about networking so I need some help. At the moment at home all our network consists of is two computers linked together with one cable, and one of those computers has an internal adsl modem in it for my internet connection which is shared between the 2. I am planning on buying a new desktop and a laptop and I want to add them to the network but I don't want to spend lots of money setting up a brand new wireless network or run new cables all over the house. So as the new laptop will be a centrino it will have built in wireless lan can the following be done?

Firstly can I add another network card to the computer with the adsl modem in it and connect that to the new desktop and bridge the 2 connections to make one network?

Then secondly, to the new desktop use a USB wireless lan card thing and use that to connect wirelessly to the laptop and have all the computers in one big network and have them all sharing the one internet connection?

Will I need any software to set this up? I'm sure there are easier ways of doing this but to me this seems like the cheapest way.

 

[Monoman]

for the cost of a "USB wireless lan card thing" you could get a cable/dsl router unless the ADSL modem is an internal. Then I would suguest a smoothwall implementation and use IT to distribute the interenet. Good luck

 

[00obrimw]

Thanks for the reply Monoman. I already have a wireless usb lan card thing, I won it in some gigabyte internet competiton.

 

[WeiWei]

I think it would work but don't know about the connection quality.. especailly for the notebook as it has to pass through 2 other computers...

You would need to use ad-hoc settings for the notebook if you haven't known already..

 

[JackMDS]

I do not think it would work.

Bridging and ICS do not go together, double ICS? Nah.

If you have Wireless card that can do AD-hoc with two Wirelesses you can try to switch all computers to Wireless and do Ad-HOC and ICS.

However the real solution should be investing in External Ethernet DSL Modem.

Example: Model 5515 ETHERNET ADSL Bridge Modem. ($69).

Sooner or later you will have to do it anyway so why suffer?