Connecting Mac to PC wireless

How do I connect my new Macbook Pro to my Dell M90 laptop (Windows XP SP3)via wireless cards in the laptops while keeping my internet connection (ethernet) on the PC? I have no internet connection on the Mac (nor do I need one in this environment). I just want to be able to exchange files between the two without using my thumb drive. Thanks.

You can create an ad-hoc wireless network on the PC - but then you cannot use the wireless card on the PC for connecting to the internet.
assuming you have a wired ethernet connection for the PC - or that you do not need to keep internet connectivity on the PC during the file transfer - open the properties on the wireless card on the PC and on the wireless networks tab - click the Advanced button - the choose Computer to Computer (ad-hoc) networks only. That is the main part of the setup - if you do turn on internet connection sharing on the wired port you will automatically get DHCP and such on the wireless - not sure if I have tried the ad-hoc without having another live connection.
or you could start the other way and turn on internet sharing on the mac side and make the mac a wireless access point - even though it does not have a wired connection - then add that wireless network to the PC's list of networks.

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