Sharing hotspot connection with a game console
What you need to get started: Console – must have a Wi-Fi adapter Wireless Access Point (AP) – with an Ethernet port available Laptop – Wi-Fi ready with a free Ethernet port. Hotspot coverage Windows OS – with Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Our environment: Console: My son's PSP 3000 Access point: TRENDnet TEW-432BRP wireless router Laptop: Lenovo ThinkPad T500 Windows OS: Vista SP 1 Step 1: Configure access point Disable DHCP service on the AP. Assign 192.168.0.x to the AP LAN address where x is any number greater than 10. ICS will set LAN address on the laptop to 192.168.0.1 – more on this later. We set our AP LAN address to 192.168.0.100. Step 2: Configure console IP address: 192.168.0.n (set n to any number other than 1, we set our PSP IP address to 192.168.0.7) Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway address: 192.168.0.1 Do not assign addresses to DNS and DHCP servers Step 3: Configure laptop Enable internet sharing on the wireless adapter (not the