NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Creating WiFi from wired connection.
I have a laptop that connects into a hard wired (and locked in place) docking station. I would like to take an ethernet cable from the laptop to the PR2000 to create a WiFi access point from my laptops internet. Basically piggy backing off the laptop.
I had a PQI airpen which allowed this by connecting to USB for power and then from ethernet port to PQI airpen. The only issue with it was the security wasn't too great on the PQI.
Is this possible to do with the Netgear?
I had a PQI airpen which allowed this by connecting to USB for power and then from ethernet port to PQI airpen. The only issue with it was the security wasn't too great on the PQI.
Is this possible to do with the Netgear?
4 Replies
- A laptop cannot be a server of an Internet it should be the other way around. The PR2000 should be the device in between your Internet source and your PC.
Check the manual for the different network setup:
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/PR2000/PR2000_IG_24Dec13.pdf storm_2003 wrote: A laptop cannot be a server of an Internet.
Whatever gives you that idea?
Any computer with two network interfaces and internet access on one can be used to share that access, and if the laptop has both wired & wireless interfaces (as most do), if it has internet access on the wired interface, sharing that internet access via the wireless is actually quite easy - all you need is the right software, and Microsoft has provided that with every version of Windows since Win98SE.
I don't recommend it, it's not particularly secure, but it CAN be done.- Thank you for pointing this out @fordem. Yeah ur right. :)
I making this easy for @michty_me. - @michty_me
my friend tried Virtual Router software on his laptop and it works with his wireless devices but haven't tried it with PR2000.
