So I have two computers at the moment: A laptop with Windows 8, and a desktop with Windows 7 (because I actually had the choice with that one).
I'm in a spot for a while with WiFi, but no ethernet ports.
My desktop has no wireless card (I won't be here by the time anything ships and with all the crap winter storm Neptune dumped on us, going and getting a cheap USB wifi stick is not an option).
I want to connect to the WiFi with my laptop, then use an ethernet cable to pass the internet connection through to my desktop. Basically using it as a wireless card. This is theoretically possible using the built in Internet Sharing Connection.
I finally got the desktop to recognize the laptop as having a valid IP (this was a battle all in itself), but it still refuses to actually share the connection. (For that matter, the desktop considers my laptop a 'unidentified public network') The network diagnostics finds nothing at all wrong.
I have tried basically every solution Google has shown me, from the Windows help site to various forums. I've tried editing the ICS program to delayed startup (and turning it off and on again), which is the most often suggested fix.
I'm stuck - can anyone here help? And don't say that I should just use the internet on the latptop - browsing is basically all it's good for.