Re: dial-up and wireless networking

Info. taken from Microsoft's article on "Managing your Network's Internet
Connection"
Dial-up
With a dial-up connection, you use a modem that connects through a phone
line and is not a digital subscriber line (DSL). If you have a dial-up
connection and install a home network, there's no reason you can't share the
Internet connection. It'll be slower than the other types of Internet
connections, but if you're using dial-up already and prefer its price point,
this is probably an acceptable trade-off.

ICS manages dial-up connections as well as broadband connections. Since ICS
is currently available in Windows XP, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows
2000, and Windows 98 Second Edition at no extra charge, this is a natural
choice for sharing a dial-up connection. Very few combinations of routers
and external modems will allow you to use a hardware solution for sharing a
dial-up connection.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/getstarted/connectnetwork.mspx

Trying researching on Internet Connection Sharing and see if it suits your
needs. It will be probably difficult setting up the wireless solution you
wanted with dial-up.



"blackmon" <blackmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C2F12DF5-220E-42B4-AC5B-117850ADC700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I have two computers, a desktop and a new laptop. Both are running Windows
> XP. We are not able to get a high speed internet connection in my rural
area,
> so I only have dial-up service. I'd like to network these two computers
and
> be able to share an internet connection. The laptop has a wireless card.
The
> desktop is relatively new, less than five years old. I keep getting
different
> answers to my question. I've been told it isn't possible and then I'm told
it
> is with a router.
> Please tell me the basics. Where do I start? What hardward to I need?
> Please, please in simple terms - I'm technology challenged.
> --
> nb


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