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You can use cable or wireless to connect the lappy to the desky. You can either connect via a router / switch or direct via a cross over cable.

What is your set up with internet access, printer etc?

cheers, Paul

Thanks for the quick reply, Paul.

The laptop connects via WiFi anywhere in the house with no problem, the desktop was previously hard-wired to the Belkin “N” router downstairs, but since it was moved upstairs, it has no way to connect wirelessly. I already bought a Netgear “G” card and tried to get it to work in the desktop, but was unsuccessful, though I really didn’t try hard enough. Both machines are running WinXP Home SP3, by the way.

Do I correctly hear you saying I can simply plug in a CAT5 crossover cable (i.e., not a straight cable) between the two machines, then use the AnalogX program to connect the desktop to the Internet? If so, would there be any speed/throughput downside to either of the machines because of the sharing? Thanks in advance!

Frank

P.S. I don’t know if I’m “piggy-backing” on the first poster’s subject. Should I be making a separate thread?

This is from a networking newbie (me): I don’t get it, or did I miss something — how are the two machines (i.e., desktop and laptop) connected to each other?

Note: I have a desktop and a laptop, but neither is near the router (on a different floor in the same building). Can I use CAT5 cable to connect the desktop and laptop?