I'm trying to setup my laptop to act as a portable router in
situations where I want to create a wireless access point where none
are available. I'd like to avoid having to carry around an extra
router, especially as decent portable routers with bridging/repeating
functionality are hard to come by.

I've had success setup up a wireless adaptor on the laptop as an adhoc
network and using ICS to bridge that to an internet connection.
However, I have a cell phone with support WiFi Voip using UMA and
would like to be able to use the laptop to give the phone internet
access. The phone, unfortunately, does not support ad-hoc networks.

Is there any way using Vista or third party software (preferably free
if available) to set up a wireless adaptor on the laptop as a wireless
access point intead of as an ad-hoc node? I know there are a number of
linux distributions or other appliance type systems I can boot into
that would turn the computer into a router, but I'd like something
that would run within Vista so that I can continue to use the laptop
while providing the AP service.

thanks!

Hi
Nope there is No simple inexpensive way to do so.
You are better off finding a small portable Wireless Access Point and use it
for this purpose.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"Magritte" wrote in message
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I'm trying to setup my laptop to act as a portable router in
situations where I want to create a wireless access point where none
are available. I'd like to avoid having to carry around an extra
router, especially as decent portable routers with bridging/repeating
functionality are hard to come by.

I've had success setup up a wireless adaptor on the laptop as an adhoc
network and using ICS to bridge that to an internet connection.
However, I have a cell phone with support WiFi Voip using UMA and
would like to be able to use the laptop to give the phone internet
access. The phone, unfortunately, does not support ad-hoc networks.

Is there any way using Vista or third party software (preferably free
if available) to set up a wireless adaptor on the laptop as a wireless
access point intead of as an ad-hoc node? I know there are a number of
linux distributions or other appliance type systems I can boot into
that would turn the computer into a router, but I'd like something
that would run within Vista so that I can continue to use the laptop
while providing the AP service.

thanks!

On Oct 17, 11:14*pm, "Jack \(MVP-Networking\)."
wrote:
Hi
Nope there is No simple inexpensive way to do so.
You are better off finding a small portable Wireless Access Point and use it
for this purpose.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

"Magritte" wrote in message

...

I'm trying to setup my laptop to act as a portable router in
situations where I want to create a wireless access point where none
are available. I'd like to avoid having to carry around an extra
router, especially as decent portable routers with bridging/repeating
functionality are hard to come by.

I've had success setup up a wireless adaptor on the laptop as an adhoc
network and using ICS to bridge that to an internet connection.
However, I have a cell phone with support WiFi Voip using UMA and
would like to be able to use the laptop to give the phone internet
access. The phone, unfortunately, does not support ad-hoc networks.

Is there any way using Vista or third party software (preferably free
if available) to set up a wireless adaptor on the laptop as a wireless
access point intead of as an ad-hoc node? I know there are a number of
linux distributions or other appliance type systems I can boot into
that would turn the computer into a router, but I'd like something
that would run within Vista so that I can continue to use the laptop
while providing the AP service.

thanks!

Okay, thanks.