Hi, I have two laptops that I would like to share the same connection via internet connection sharing. The problem is, I am currently at the University of Peking, and they require each computer to sign in through their website (only one session) in order to access sites outside of China, so I can't just use switch to share the connection.
I did a little bit of research and came to the conclusion that I needed to network the computers via a separate physical connection than that which is used to connect to the internet. For instance, I currently have the switch connected to the wall outlet, and my 2 laptops connected to the switch. If I am correct, I need to network the laptops with a different connection (such as USB, firewire, or a different ethernet connection). I only have 1 ethernet port on each laptop.
So, I just bought a USB to USB networking kit, and installed the software. The problem is that it doesn't show up as a connection in windows network connections. All I see is firewire, wireless, and ethernet. The USB to USB networking kit uses some proprietary software in order to transfer files (the model is genelink ( i think) Y125-D). As a result, I am still unable to use windows internet connection sharing.
Should I:
Try my luck with a firewire networking cable?
Buy a usb-ethernet device?
Listen to the collective genius of AnandTech to make this work out
If anyone has any suggestions or advice, I'd be greatly appreciative. Thank you all. I could be totally misinterpreing how to use internet connection sharing.
I did a little bit of research and came to the conclusion that I needed to network the computers via a separate physical connection than that which is used to connect to the internet. For instance, I currently have the switch connected to the wall outlet, and my 2 laptops connected to the switch. If I am correct, I need to network the laptops with a different connection (such as USB, firewire, or a different ethernet connection). I only have 1 ethernet port on each laptop.
So, I just bought a USB to USB networking kit, and installed the software. The problem is that it doesn't show up as a connection in windows network connections. All I see is firewire, wireless, and ethernet. The USB to USB networking kit uses some proprietary software in order to transfer files (the model is genelink ( i think) Y125-D). As a result, I am still unable to use windows internet connection sharing.
Should I:
Try my luck with a firewire networking cable?
Buy a usb-ethernet device?
Listen to the collective genius of AnandTech to make this work out
If anyone has any suggestions or advice, I'd be greatly appreciative. Thank you all. I could be totally misinterpreing how to use internet connection sharing.
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