Dell TrueMobile 1180 User Manual page 39

Setting up an ad hoc (peer-to-peer) group
network for connecting to the Internet
To connect the computers in an ad hoc group network to the Internet, you must install the Windows Internet connection
sharing (ICS) component. ICS installation is not required, however, for communication among a group of computers that
have a Dell TrueMobile 1180 PC Card installed in each computer. You must also add an ad hoc network to the Preferred
networks list on the Wireless Networks tab of the Wireless Configuration box that appears when the TrueMobile 1180
wireless utility is open.
Select one of your desktop computers to serve as the host computer (all other computers are called clients). The host
computer must be running either the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system. The host computer is the only
computer that connects directly to the Internet. Dell recommends that the host computer be the desktop computer having
the fastest microprocessor and the most memory.
NOTE—Internet connection sharing requires that the host computer have either a modem or another network adapter in
addition to a wireless network adapter. The modem or the additional network adapter is used to access the Internet. Your
Dell TrueMobile 1180 PC Card is used to share the Internet connections with other clients.