Connecting desktop computer to the internet through laptop wifi

Question

Due to some home network complications I have had to move my router to a seperate part of the house, therefore the wired network I had set up can no longer work. Before I find the time to go out and buy a Wifi adapter for my desktop PC, I have a laptop that uses a built in Wifi card to connect to my router and this can connect to the internet, and I was wondering if I could somehow access the internet on my desktop PC via my laptop.

I'm hoping for a not-so-complex solution as this will only be set up for a few days, but it is quite vital that my desktop computer gets internet access.

Does anyone have experience in this sort of thing and can help me out? Thanks.

Solution

Try Windows ICS.

Very easy to setup, although you may need a cross-over cable to connect from your laptop to desktop.

Go to Network Connection>Right Click on the Wireless connection>Properties>Sharing Tab> Set up to share to the local area connection.

Make sure your desktop is set for DHCP and not static ip address.

Comments

[marcusw]

What OS? This makes a lot of difference.

[Josh]

Sorry, this is Windows 7 on both my lappy and desktop :)

[Josh]

I'm running Windows 7 on my lappy and desktop, should have mentioned that earlier :P

[Josh]

Thank you. :D Hasd a bit of trouble at first but it turned out to be COMODO firewall doing it's job a bit too well and blocking the connection :P Thanks again. :)