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Wireless adapter as a router

Forum Wireless Networking : Setup, Configuration & Security Wireless adapter as a router

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Hello,
I have a desktop that is hooked up to the internet via ethernet cable, I would like to use a wireless adapter as a wireless router using the signal from the hardline. How would I go about doing that?

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look up ICS (Internet Connection Sharing)

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I did some more research and figured out ad-hoc networking.

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