Broadcom Corporation BRCM1002 Manuel D’Utilisation

Using the TrueMobile 1180 Wireless Utility: Dell TrueMobile 1180 Mini PCI Card User's Guide

To connect the computers in an ad hoc group network to the Internet, you must install the Windows Internet connection 
sharing (ICS) component. ICS installation is not required, however, for communication among a group of computers that 
have a Dell TrueMobile 1180 Mini PCI card installed in each computer. You must also add an ad hoc network to the 
Preferred networks list on the Wireless Networks tab of the Wireless Configuration box that appears when the 
TrueMobile 1180 wireless utility is open.

Select one of your desktop computers to serve as the host computer (all other computers are called clients). The host 
computer must be running either the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system. The host computer is the only 
computer that connects directly to the Internet. Dell recommends that the host computer be the desktop computer having 
the fastest microprocessor and the most memory.

NOTE—Internet connection sharing requires that the host computer have either a modem or another network adapter in 
addition to a wireless network adapter. The modem or the additional network adapter is used to access the Internet. Your 
Dell TrueMobile 1180 Mini PCI card is used to share the Internet connections with other clients.

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