I basically have nice old beast of a desktop PC. It has no wireless capabilities and I dont want to buy a wireless dongle. I have a Visa Laptop wireless connected to the internet. I have tried and failed many times. Now im not the most genious person when it comes to Networking, well when it comes to creating a network anyways. I may be wrong, but i though your everyday Ethernet cable does the trick as it can connect to a hub and be fine, so i dont see why it cant do this. But to sum up, i would love it if my Beast of a desktop pc could connect (via wire) to my laptop so my PC can use the internet from my Wireless connection that my Laptop uses I think that has been explained simply. Cheers for any responses guys. A solution would truely make me happy!! Ben :)

Just connect network cable from laptop to desktop PC, after that enable Internet connection sharing on laptop to share Internet connection. Hope this helps.

cheers for the Reponse :) But how, because i thought i had? But apparently i havent.

You would need a Crossover LAN cable. do u have that cable? instead of using internet connection sharing try using AnalogX Proxy server. its very easy to setup and use.

You need to buy either a crossover cable to replace the straight (Patch) cable you have or you can get a crossover adaptor that goes on one end of your existing cable. Goin' Fishin' (Some day)