Question about my network at home

[Justorq]

I already have a wireless network at home that works fine, but my brother who just got a laptop for his job, doesn't have a wireless network card. He doesn't want to pay 80$CAN just to get one. So now I'm trying to figure out what i can do ... I thought that because my computer is connected wirelessly to the router, I can connect my bro's laptop to it which would be then sharing the connection. So I bought a crossed network cable and tried connecting the two computers. My computer instantly recognised that i had a new connection somewhere. But because my bro has Windows NT (a very castrated version of it), I really don't know what to do at his end. So now I'm asking for your help people. What should I do (and i need details ... cuz i suck at networking).
Thx in advance,
Justin

 

[tooltime]

if you install ICS on your computer you'll have two dhcp servers on the same subnet and most likley have trouble. if your router has a lan port plug his computer into it with patch cord (not the crossover)

not sure what else to do but i know two dhcp servers dishing out ip's make trouble

 

[martind1]

just look into ics, htere is plenty of help out there on how to do it. it will work fine.

 

[Dowfen]

How come he can't just hook into the router? I've seen very few wireless routers with just a WAN port. But then again, I could be wrong.

Eric

 

[martind1]

he could just do that, if there was a lan port on the router as well.