Is anyone aware of a Y cable that would allow me to connect 2 laptops to 1 mini USB smartphone to allow both to connect to the internet simultaneously?
Connecting 2 laptops to one smartphone
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 11:29
Fri, 10/02/2009 - 13:10
#2
kopit is right except for one thing.
phone -> USB -> Laptop -> "Crossover Cable" -> Laptop
The cable between laptops needs to be a crossover cable. A regular Cat5 will not work.
ICS - internet connection sharing would work -
XP and newer have it built in inherently.
phone -> USB -> Laptop -> Ethernet -> Laptop
Laptop 1: when sharing enabled tetherberry adapter has its own IP, but the LAN adapter gets 192.168.0.1
Laptop 2: LAN adapter is assigned an IP via DHCP and automatically uses Laptop 1 to connect to the internet.
You can also do it wirelessly, by plugging in the LAN adapter from Laptop 1 into the WAN port of the wireless router. You may also be able to share wirelessly by creating an ad-hoc network, but I have not tested.