Use Laptop's Internet in you Android using WiFi

Been always a fan of Linux and Google. Of course I couldn't compromise with buying an Android for myself.  The XPERIA NEO V was undoubtedly making it's mark as my first Android. But downloading the huge sized apps from the Play Store was pretty not possible with the slow yet pricey EDGE service. Had to find a way into my Laptop's internet service. Well, a full guide to connect the Droid WiFi to your Laptop based hotspot. You need this because connecting to this network ain't as easy as connecting to normal hotspots.

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One more thing of note, for some reason I couldn't do that using the default WiFi settings. I had to use an app called "WiFi Manager". It's available for free at Google Play Store.

Controlling another Laptop/PC using 1:1 LAN

Previously I've posted about how to connect two PCs/Laptops using LAN, read about it here.

The connection established using that method can be used to control one Station using another.

You need the software called UltraVNC. Nice & easy to use, this app can be obtained freely using internet. The setup is pretty straightforward. If you want optimized connection use the downloads that the setup talks about. After that you can configure the PC you are trying to CONTROL FROM using this page. Only the first part will do. Ofcourse you need UltraVNC up and running on both the systems. Then just type in the IP address of the Station you want to control in the very first blank space and press "Connect". You should see the screen of the other PC. Probably with the wallpaper gone.

Problems: Everything is good and great except the mouse is weird in screens that are not in the same resolution. Which means playing pointer based games is an "Oh no!".

Connecting 2 PCs or Laptops using a LAN cable alone

Additions: Controlling another PC/Laptop using this connection

It's a tutorial I wrote for my future frustration recoveries. It's pretty easy and lots of tutorials are avaible if you aren't clever enough. But most of them forget to mention things or are not universal for all the cases. I have done this so many times. Yet, I had to figure out a way this time myself even when I used one of those tutorials.

Well, first off you need a LAN cable. Both of your PCs must have LAN connectivity and atleast one of them must have modern/advanced (basically supporting MD/x) LAN card because sometimes the cable type becomes a headache. I seriously never cared about what cable I had. But MD/x enabled LAN cards can make do with any situation.

Alright, now for the settings in the PCs. Do this on both.

1. Go to My Computer (don't try to use the old joke here), Right Click > Properties.

2. Click the tab "Computer Name" click "Change".

3. Name it anything but must select the radio button "Workgroup" and name the group "WORKGROUP'.

4. Go to Control Panel. Select Windows Firewall and turn it off.

5. Go to your Network Connections and select the Local Area Connection. If you don't have one try connecting both the PCs using the cable. Right click on it and select Properties.

6. In the "This connection uses the following items" box select only these four and deselct all the others.

a. Client for Microsoft Networks

b. File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

c. QoS Packet Scheduler

d. Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

I don't know how important this is but let's just do this for now. Cuz, it helped me have my connection working

7. Select "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and click Properties button. Make these changes and nothing else.

For PC 1:

IP Address: 192.168.1.1

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Default gateway: 192.168.1.2

For PC 2:

IP Address: 192.168.1.2

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Default gateway: 192.168.1.1

8. It's just a statement, you might need to restart both the PCs.

9. After that's all done go to My Network Places > Entire Network > Workgroup. I hope you have them both, at least the "Shared Documents" folder from both.

You can do Multiplayer gaming via this connection as I have done. My old rig can't run today's gems so I tried Moto Racer, Futurecop. The protocol I used was Internet TCP/IP. Think it will work for all the cases.