Have a PC connected via WiFi to the internet - works fine.
Is there any way you can then plug an ethernet cable from THAT PC, to another, to give internet access to the second PC?
Thanks.
How does the WiFi WLAN connect to the Internet?
- By magic?
- By means of a Router?
- By means of a 5G mobile Telephone?
- Are you connecting to the Internet by means of your neighbour’s WiFi WLAN?
- Is the WiFi WLAN part of a communal LAN?
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There are different ways to achive your goal. A quick internet search shows several ways and easy solutions (one only need to use a search engine). @dcurtisfra tried to shrink down the number of results by finding out what you really want or need.
There’s also the openSUSE documentation:
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Please be aware that, using a “normal” computing device as a router can lead to unexpected performance issues.
I’m writing this with a Laptop connected via Wi-Fi 6 ( 5 GHz - 1,7 Gbit/s) on the 2nd of two WLAN Repeaters in a Mesh configuration which extends the WLAN (currently Wi-Fi 6 - the DSL Router can handle WiFi 7 but, the Repeaters not yet). The DSL connection is 100 Mbit/s downlink and 37 Mbit/s uplink.
DSL tests from this Laptop are giving the following results -
N.B.: mostly German numbers - the decimal point is a “,” - the thousands separator is a “.” …
Bottom line: network performance is usually only achievable with dedicated network devices such as WLAN Repeaters.
Attempting to use a Laptop as a network Router can result in disappointing network performance.
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BTW, I forgot to mention that, most currently available WLAN Repeaters have a 1 Gbit/s Ethernet port – a few have a 2.5 Gbit/s Ethernet port.
- A WLAN Repeater is an easy method to extend an Ethernet LAN to areas where it’s not desirable to wire the location with physical Ethernet cable …
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