I'm looking for ways to connect my laptop with my friend's laptop for some gaming while we're on a long flight to Japan. Ideally, I want to create a high-speed LAN setup. What are my options?
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You might want to try a Cat6 Ethernet cable if your laptops have Ethernet ports. It’ll give you a solid wired connection.
Connecting via Wi-Fi could work too! You could set up an ad hoc network through your Windows settings, or one of you can create a hotspot for the other to join. The speeds should be decent since you'll be sitting close together.
If Ethernet isn't an option, you can set one of your laptops as an Access Point. I can do this easily on Linux, but you might need to look up how to do it on Windows or Mac.
Great idea! I’ll check out the hotspot option to see if it works for us.