I have a cable connection going to a wireless router in another room of my house and up until now I haven't had a desktop computer (It's been borked since we moved so I just haven't set it up)I finally set it up and realized that I didn't have a wireless card in it, I don't want to get a wireless card, and I don't want to run a 100 foot cable from one room to another.Can I use a cat-5 cable going from the ethernet port on my laptop to the ethernet port on my desktop and have my laptop connected wirelessly to the internet, and my desktop connecting through my laptop?
See this Microsoft article on how to do itBut allow me to comment that by doing this you are giving up the great advantage of the laptop, its portabilityA wireless PCI card or a USB adaptor are only around $20, and it would be a far cleaner solutionYour desktop could continue to be connected even if your laptop was out of the house.
