Use 802.11b NIC as a Router ??

[polm]

If I have 2 802.11b NIC cards can I :

1) install 1 802.11b NIC into a PC that also has an Ethernet connection to the internet (DSL).

2) install 1 802.11b NIC into a PC with no other network hardware.

3) Set up a "cross-over" style connection between the 2 802.11b NICs .

4) Configure the PC with the DSL connection to forward traffic to the Ethernet NIC, thus allowing the other PC to connect to the Internet ?

 

[Rallispec]

yes you can. set up ICS on the wireless card in the computer hooked up to the internet to share the connection.

 

[Viper GTS]

Yes, it would be no different than using two cat5 nics for the same purpose.

The "router" would still be the PC, though, the wireless card is just the connection.

Viper GTS

 

[polm]

BTW...

THERE IS NO ACCESS POINT .

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: polm
BTW...

THERE IS NO ACCESS POINT .

Just set them up in 802.11b Ad-Hoc mode and you're set.

 

[notfred]

can you do the same thing with 3 802.11b nics, make a sort of peer-to-peer network w/ no access point?

 

[polm]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: polm
BTW...

THERE IS NO ACCESS POINT .

Just set them up in 802.11b Ad-Hoc mode and you're set.

Would this work with 3 NICs ( 2 PCS with 1 802.11b each talking to 1 PC with 802.11b NIC and an Ethernet connection to the NET) ?? I am guessing NOT....

 

[polm]

Check out diagram 4b at the bottom:

Linky

 

[polm]

Could it work in this scenario ?

1) 1 PC with 802.11b NIC

2) 1 PC with 802.11b NIC + 1 Ethernet NIC

3) 1 Firewall/Gateway with 2 Ethernet NICs ( 1 NIC connects to Switch, 1 NIC Connects to DSL)

Can PC 1 and PC 2 be setup with an Ad-Hoc network, then have PC 2 forward the Wireless traffic to PC 3 who takes them all out to the internet ?