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Does anyone know how to use the wifi to host connections. Situation: At a hotel with no wifi. I use my ATT wireless card to connect my laptop to the internet. Can I enable the wifi as an access point for other devices (i.e. iPod Touch)? And if so, how?

Thanks in advance

i'm not exactly sure what you want to do..
if you are asking if you can access the internet with other devices through the hotels WiFi then yes, you should be able to do so..
my iphone and my iPAQ can both do it..

so assuming the ipod touch has wifi then it should be simple..

others might have hints about how to do so more easily..

Sorry for not being clear....I want to use the X200 as the access point.

Internet ------- WWAN --- X200 ---- WiFi ------ iTouch (iPaq, etc).

I think I want to setup an ad hoc connection between the iTouch and X200 (over WiFi) and then use internet connection sharing over the WWAN (ATT connection).

All of this is to avoid paying hotel wifi charges.

The thing I'm not sure of is how to setup an ad hoc connection using Thinkvantage Access Connections.

P.S. WiFi is Intel 5300 and WWAN is the Ericcson card using AT&T.

Engadget just had a post related to this issue the other day:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/12/swit ... er-limits/

If you read through the article it mentions some other solutions.

Right click on the WWAN connection in the network connections control panel. Then Properties and click the Sharing tab. Enable sharing over the wireless network. Make an adhoc wifi network. Connect the iPod Touch to the adhoc network.

You'll need a special WiFi device whose software/driver support access point mode. I've tried Airlink101 USB 3028 and 3026, both work and they are deadly cheap at $5.

fixup wrote:You'll need a special WiFi device whose software/driver support access point mode. I've tried Airlink101 USB 3028 and 3026, both work and they are deadly cheap at $5.

It works with any WiFi device in ad-hoc mode. Just follow my instructions in the previous post.

To clarify....do I need an additional WiFi device, or can I create the ad hoc network with the embedded card? And if so, do can I do it through Access Connections, or do I need to let windows handle networking?

P.S. Windows XP

With Mbai2's method, you don't need anything else. I'm going to try it out.

Update: yes, Mbai2's method works with my iPod Touch and Thinkpad X20 (XP).