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Hi, Can i turn my xp pro desktop to wifihotspot to strengthen wifi signals
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Post subject: Re: wifi hotspot
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:55 pm
Rich
Having your laptop as a repeater for wifi wouldn't help much as other devices would have to route traffic through your laptop. Also, most wifi cards don't support this. To top that off, you'd have to use the ethernet connection while repeating over wifi.
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