This is my first post so please bear with me.

I recently bought an IPAQ 5455 and I have Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop and a Dlink DWL 650 card.

I would like to be able to do 2 things; stream MP3 (or even video) from my laptop onto my ppc and browse the internet via the wlan on my ppc.

So far….

After a lot of messing around I was able to set-up adhoc connection and used netrunner to be able to map the shared folders and play mp3 files. The problem is I keep having regular substantial delays during playback. Sometimes as much as 5 seconds before media player continues. I have looked through the settings over and over again but was unable to make any difference. So I uninstalled netrunner and installed Netusr. Although, the lag seems to be shorter it is still significant and makes listening to mp3 on my ppc undo-able.

Does anyone have the same issues that I’m having? and if so what are the problems and what can I do to fix it.

The 2nd issue is even worse. I connect to internet via DSL using network connection to the DSL modem. Now whenever I’m connect to DSL, I’m unable to get the ad hoc to my PPC to work. I have switched on the internet connection sharing on the LAN connection and it just doesn’t allow it. It is not my firewall because I have disable it and the problem persists.

From other postings that I’ve read I should be able to use my laptop as an access point to the internet connection if I wish. So what am I doing wrong?

Your help is greatly appreciated.