Is there any way I could do this without a router and still keep it off my family's wireless network? Getting a router into my room would be difficult.
That is a good point about the router. I'm still confused about the ad-hoc network tho? From what I read, it seems that it will keep your real network separated from the ad-hoc network so that any viruses, etc. can't get to the real wireless network.
Would anyone have any recommendations of using 2 laptops vs. one laptop with different virtual machines??