setting up wireless networks...

[Dystopia]

O.K, I should probably start this with a story:

Sometime ago, my older brother and I were trying to get dial-up over wireless to work. After sometime, we did it.

Now, my dad wanted to get one of those wireless cards for like $60/mo. They come in USB (the one he wanted). So he asked us if we will have wirelles for the whole house, and so I explained how we could do that. I said that all I need to do is stick the USB wireless thing into a computer, hook the computer up to a wireless router (via ethernet cable), apply the correct setting, and it'll work. He went to the dumbass squad (geek squad) and they told him that you need a special router, one that is brand new etch and costs $300!! They said that TWICE!

So my question is: Can I do the wireless thing in my way (minor changes, but that general way)?

My dad insists that they know what they are talking about. I say they have not effin clue. They told me I could put a video card into my laptop with intregrated graphics. The video card was as thick as the damned laptop! Aaaand the pc store in town said no....

 

[PohTayToez]

You don't even need a router. You can set up an Ad Hoc network with the laptop's wireless card, bridge the connection, and boom, you have wireless internet.

 

[Dystopia]

You don't even need a router. You can set up an Ad Hoc network with the laptop's wireless card, bridge the connection, and boom, you have wireless internet.

the only problem there si that not both computers have a wirelles card (to pick up the signal). Thats why we'd use the router. SO that the computer with no wireless gets high speed since the little thingy is plugged into it, and every other computer gets high speed as well.

Thanks though. Mebbe now my dad'l listen to ME not the dumbass squad...