Comments on: Poor Man Cheapest Wifi Router

By: ElHomer

ElHomer — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:16:48 +0000

So I live in a community that has free WiFi Inet which works well for all applications I have found except my XBOX 360. Is there anyway to connect the network card in my computer (not the wireless connection) via cat 5 to the xbox without buying a cisco gaming device?

Thanks!

By: Reuben

Reuben — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:15:20 +0000

What should I put in the wireless connection’s IP address, subnet mask and DNS? Why does my iPod Touch still say “unable to join the network” when I’ve already keyed in the Network Key?

By: Ben Sullivan

Ben Sullivan — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:49:25 +0000

can i make this work for my wii and ds

By: Reuben

Reuben — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:30:02 +0000

Hi Tim,
Yup I used WEP. I’m using the Level One WMC-0305USB adapter. What other settings should I set? How about the TCP/IP in the Wireless Network? Btw, I’m using manual dialling for my Streamyx and i shared it there too. What other problems am I facing? Any settings for my iPos Touch I should take care about?

By: AhTim

AhTim — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:22:22 +0000

@Reuben: Do you use WEP or…? Share your Internet connection on broadband network.

By: Reuben

Reuben — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:35:55 +0000

Hi There,
I’ve tried your steps exactly but my iPod touch doesn’t seem to connect to my computer wirelessly. It asks for the password and after I key in the exact password as the Network Key, it says unable to connect. What is the problem here? And also, Internet Connection Sharing should be done on my Wireless Network or my Broadband Network? or Both?

By: AhTim

AhTim — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:16:36 +0000

@Greentac: I have not tested. But it should works.
@Patrick: Yes, agreed with you.
@Superman: Its the way to save cost.

By: Superman

Superman — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:38:58 +0000

And we called it ad hoc connection. A network that broadcast from a computer or wireless device without using infrastructure or router. I’ve been using this method for years, in my college, using laptop to connect to several laptops of my friend for local area network gaming. It serves our purpose well. But the problem is, if you have no extra internet connection, you’ll have to sacrifice the internet connection of using this network. That’s why it’s a poor man router. Haha.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:26:49 +0000

That’s a way to do it, however, your computer must be turned on in order to share the Internet access with other nodes. I put my wireless router in the middle of the house and the signal is strong enough to bleed into the floors above and below, even backyard.

Nice WP theme!

By: Greentac

Greentac — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:00:40 +0000

Looks good. Can I use this method to create a wifi hotspot for 3-4 computers? Will it affect my PC? Will it make the Wifi Adapter spoil easily? Sorry, too many question.