Printing via computer by wifi and wifi hard disk

Question

WiFi

Hello! At home there is a Wi-Fi network, a printer and an extra laptop :) I would like to make sure that a printer is connected to the laptop, it also distributes the Internet and there is a wifi hard drive (preferably with the ability to connect also a usb one).
That is, the scheme is as follows:
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On the computer is xp and ubuntu 10.10.
Thank you!
ZY there is an opportunity to install 2 wifi adapter in a laptop, if necessary :)
ZYZY usb host in the router is not present!

Answer 1

You do not know how to correctly express your thoughts. It's quite difficult to understand what you mean.
Let's discard the strange idea that a laptop should distribute the Internet - if you have a router, this is an unjustified complication.
In the router settings, write a fixed ip-address for the laptop. On a laptop in XP, share the printer and hard drive via samba (on ubuntu, it’s probably also possible, but on xp, it’s probably easier). For Ubuntu, smb://ip/share.
From all other computers, contact by ip (you can register it in hosts). For Windows, this is \\ip\share, where share is the name of the home folder.

Answer 2

> ZYZY usb host in the router no!
Wait, so you still have a router? What is the internet for? The question is more like a rebus) wifi hard disk is a disk that can be accessed via wifi? Let's assume that the Internet comes in via a whirlwind and I'm right about the wifi hard drive. then we stick a vitukha, a printer and a usb screw into the laptop. We set up NAT on the laptop, share the screw (it turns out “wifi hard drive”), share the printer ... profit!
Yes, and I wouldn’t do it on a laptop, but I would buy a wi-fi router with a USB port, because the laptop heats up, makes noise, its radiator is overgrown with dust from constant work and -1 potentially useful piece of iron for the house.

Answer 3

For a printer, you can buy a hardware wireless print server for 1800 rubles (for example, such www.ulmart.ru/goods/157865/ ). Programmatically, such a print server is connected to Windows as a network port using the TCP\IP protocol.