Step by Step tutorial to Share Your Internet Connection Between Computers

In this tutorial you will learn how to share internet connection between computers or devices. Just follow the steps given in this tutorial and you will be able to share your internet connection with your roommate or friends. You don't require any third party software to install or tweak your computer with another hardware to share internet.

1. Click Start-> Control Panel> Network Connections.

2. Right click on your cable connection and select Properties.

3. Select Advanced, then check Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection and uncheck Allow other network users to control or disable this shared Internet connection.

4. Click OK and save settings made the connection.

5. Now click on the inactive wireless connection and choose Properties.

6. Click the Wireless Networks.

7. Select Add from the menu of Preferred Networks.

8. Give your network a name filling the field Network Name (SSID).

9. Check This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network and then uncheck The key will be provided for me automatically.

10. The Network Authentication select Open and the Data encryption select WEP.

11. Now we need to set up a network password lest anyone enter it. Although this method is not safe, for one can break the password, if you live in an area where people are scarce this security measure is quite enough. Password to enter the Network key and Confirm network key is reintroduced.

12. Click OK to save the connection and then OK again.

13. Double click the wireless connection and select Refresh network list. When the network appears select Connect. Enter the password chosen in step 11 and select Connect again.

14. Search network on the phone, then select Start Web browsing and then enter the password when it is required.

15. Next steps are necessary only if no gateway reply error occurred. To remove this error some extra configuration is required. Select the wireless connection in Network Connections menu, right click and Properties.

16. Then select Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) and Properties.

17. Check Use folowing IP address automatically.

18. Enter the IP address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet mask to: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway and leave the field blank.

19. In Preferred DNS you can type your own typing in Start-> Run ipconfig / all. If not then enter 192.168.0.1 go to Preferred DNS and Alternate DNS 192.169.0.2.

20. Click OK and again OK. Then follow the instructions in steps 13 and 14 to connect.