Use Laptop As An Internet Uplink?

Hi, i have a wireless network in my home that provides broadband access
to all my laptops and desktops. I have recently aquired some older
computers that will not accept the wireless cards, but will accept
networking cards. I was wondering if there was a way to use a
wirelessly configured laptop as my internet uplink. I don't know if
its possible, but I want to use my ethernet card as the router to my
wireless network. It seems to me that the network card can only be
used in an "in" fashion, but I thought it was worth it to ask if anyone
knows how to convert it to an "out" port. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

"dbloom810" <> wrote in message
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> Hi, i have a wireless network in my home that provides broadband access
> to all my laptops and desktops. I have recently aquired some older
> computers that will not accept the wireless cards, but will accept
> networking cards.

Get a twenty dollar 4 port switch and plug it into your wireless access point/router.
If neither your wireless access point nor the cable/dsl router have a wired Ethernet
port, than spend a hundred bucks on a new wireless access point/router with a few
Ethernet ports and skip the switch altogether.
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dbloom810 <> wrote:
> Hi, i have a wireless network in my home that provides broadband
> access to all my laptops and desktops. I have recently aquired some
> older computers that will not accept the wireless cards, but will
> accept networking cards.

If the machines accept ethernet cards, they'll accept WiFi cards. Sounds
like you just need to find some PCMCIA (16BIT) WiFi cards rather than
CARDBUS (32BIT) cards.

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Regards,

James

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