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Installing the wireless adapter

Before doing anything else, you need to equip all the machines that will be on the future ad hoc network with a wireless adapter and install drivers.

Configuring the ad hoc network

1. Go to Control Panel - Network Connections, you will see Wireless Network Connection there if the computer wifi already enabled.
2. Right Click Wireless Network Connection, select Properties.
   
3. Click on Wireless Network tab
   If Wireless Network tab is disabled, that’s mean Windows Wireless Zero Configuration service is stopped.
   To enable it, right click My Computer - Manage - Expand Services and Applications - select Services
   Search Wireless Zero Configuration - Start the service if the service is stopped.
   

   If Wireless Network tab is enabled, skip it.
   Check “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings”
   
   

4. Click Advanced tab. Select Computer-to-Computer (ad-hoc) networks only, and Close it.
   
5. Now select Add to create a new Preferred networks.
   
   Network name (SSID) : [ will be shown on the network list ]
   Network Authentication : Open
   Data encryption : WEP [ or you can choose others]
   Network key: [your desire key for the network]
   uncheck ” The key is provided for me automatically”

6. Select Connection tab in Wireless network properties
   make sure “Connect when this networks in range” is checked.
   
   Press Ok. done.
7. Your ad hoc network is all set up now!
   In the other computer,the ad hoc network’s SSID should appear in the list of available wireless networks.

Share Internet Connection to others with Wireless Lan

On the host computer
On the host computer, follow these steps to share the Internet connection:

1. In Network Connections, right-click the connection that you use to connect to the Internet and select Properties.
   For example, select your ISP broadband/ dial-up connection or if your internet connection is come from Local Access Network, right click Local Access Network and select Properties. Here I am using Streamyx as it is my Internet Service Provider.
   
2. Click the Advanced tab, under Internet Connection Sharing, select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection check box.
   Select : Wireless Network Connection in the drop-down menu
   If you are sharing a dial-up Internet connection, select the Establish a dial-up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet check box if you want to permit your computer to automatically connect to the Internet.
   
3. Click OK. You receive the following message:
   When Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, your LAN adapter will be set to use IP
   address 192.168.0.1. Your computer may lose connectivity with other computers on
   your network. If these other computers have static IP addresses, it is a good idea to set them
   to obtain their IP addresses automatically. Are you sure you want to enable Internet
   Connection Sharing?
4. Click Yes.