[Rik]

Because of the way Ethernet (including wireless) is designed it would be very difficult and complex to set up, but having said that, it would be possible.

A wireless router would make the process much much easier.

Plus, you would have to use windows Internet connection sharing which is complex to set up and far from reliable.
I tried it many times with a crossed cable. Everything would be fine for about 20mins then everything would grind to a halt and I would have to run through the whole setup process again and again and again.

[macnext1]

Were you using Ethernet or USB? Ethernet seems to get into trouble with more than one thing on the net. I was refering (now) to USB with my last question.

[Rik]

Well the wireless usb adapters are wireless ethernet. They are not a separate wireless protocol unless there is something new on the market.

I used ethernet which would have worked almost exactly the same with wireless.

Ah, are you perhaps referring to wireless usb? If so, that is only really designed for things like wireless usb printers and the like. It's just like having a usb device connected to your pc but without the cable.

As far as I know, wireless usb is quite restricted in what it can do and i believe that wireless communication between pc's is outside of it's capabilities.

I have never personally used wireless usb but i have set it up on a customers pc and it only seemed capable of communicating with wireless usb capable devices. For the net, it still used wireless ethernet if that's any help.

[macnext1]

I don't think I know enough to ask another question. Thanks for all your help.

[Rik]

No problem. The long and short of it is, if you want a network that will allow more than one device to connect to the net, a router is by far the best and easiest way to do it, be it wired or wireless.