Re: dial-up and wireless networking

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:44:06 -0800, "blackmon"
<blackmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Now, I'm just completely confused. My son emailed me and said what I need is
>a wireless access point. With that I can enable ICS on my desktop and my
>laptop, and my laptop can use my desktop's internet connection.
>I was looking at something call WiFlyer and another product called Nebo.
>What about these? I am lost here. Some of use are in the beginner stage.

You can use ICS, if you wish. But you're a lot better off using a NAT router.
ICS was a good solution a few years ago, but with the development of NAT routers
that will manage a dial-up modem, a NAT router is way better. Know the
disadvantages of ICS. And know how uninformed the Geek Squad is.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/ics-is-ok-but-you-can-do-better.html

I'm not familiar with either Nebo or WiFlyer - got URL?

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Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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