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Using N82 to connect computer to internet

3 replies · 8,450 views · Started 09 July 2008

Hi.

My laptop does not have a wireless card. But I have a wifi router at home. My N82 can connect to the router and I can browse the net. Is there any way I can connect my N82 to the laptop via the USB cable and browse the net on my laptop using my wifi connected N82? Please note that I am not talking about GPRS or 3G, but plain Wi-Fi connection.

Thanks.

Akash

There's http://www.joikuspot.com/ but I guess it does the reverse of what you want.

If you want to connect your laptop to your Wi-Fi router, and it doesn't have built-in Wi-Fi, the most practical solution is to by an USB Wi-Fi module.

I had looked at that website before posting here. As you said, it does reverse of what I want. I'll have to buy a USB wi-fi module as you suggest if nothing works out. But I would still like to avoid doing that.

Thanks for the website link anyway. I think it could come useful to me some time in the future.

Akash

I have tried connecting PC through Phone GPRS using Nokia One Touch. Not sure if you can do so using WiFi.

Did u try 3rd party SiS applications to check if this functionality could be enabled ?