Sharing an Internet connection through a wireless network

By connecting your computer to another computer, which is connected to the Internet over a wired connection, through a wireless network (Peer-to- Peer), you can access the Internet from your computer.

To share an Internet connection, the computers should be connected to a computer-to-computer (peer-to-peer) wireless network. For details, see “Connecting to computer-to-computer networks (peer-to-peer or ad hoc)” on page 47.

Also, one of the computers has to be connected to the Internet (external network).

The description for Sharing Internet access is for the operating system Windows XP Service Pack 2.

To share an Internet connection, complete the following procedures:

Step 1. Configuring a Internet connection sharing from the computer connected to the Internet.

Step 2. After completing the shared Internet connection configuration, check that the other computers can access the Internet through the shared Internet connection.

Step 1. Configuring Internet Sharing.

Configuring a shared Internet connection on the computer connected to the Internet.

1.Click Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Network Connections.

2.Right-click on the device connected to the Internet, the external network, and select Properties.

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Samsung NP35RH04EL/SER manual Sharing an Internet connection through a wireless network, Configuring Internet Sharing