How do you setup a shared network connection

[jorge16161616]

for two computers? The host is wireless with XP home.? One of my computers is wireless but has an Ethernet port as well , and I have another near it that I need to get on the network that only has an Ethernet port.. I know you can share the network connection between the two, it's just not working for me. I have tried sharing and Bridging the connections. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance!
Sorry. To clarify I do have a wireless router, and the one computer with Wireless does have network access. My router and AP, however, are on the opposite side of the house, and I can't get wireless for the second computer. I figure that by sharing the connection from the wireless computer to the wired computer would be easier (or not..) and cheaper.

[Paulisneat]

I tried doing it about 5 weeks ago with a XP home edition and a Media Center PC. and I did all the steps. But it didn't work. Then I was told that it wont work with a XP hom machine.

[Aloha Guy]

Perhaps I am misinterpreting your question bec you do not make it clear whether in your location you have access to the actual WIRELESS ROUTER?

If you did have acess to the wireless router, then it would simply be a matter of running a Cat 5 ethernet cable from the rear of the router to the ethernet port...but let's say didn't want that long ugly cable running through your residence, then you would need to go wireless and there are 2 choices:

(i) if it is a Desktop and you had an open PCI slot on your Desktop, you could buy & install a PCI Wireless G WiFi card in addition to the software to pickup the wireless signal...

(ii) Probably a better & more practical choice is buying a LinkSys or Belkin USB WiFi adaptor that simply plugs into any computer's USB port and with the software installed detects the wireless signal.

Currently Linksys W300USB N WiFi