Yes gten - I'm not sure what you all meant by "wifi repeater" -
this will be for windows 7 (full OS) tablets - I didn't want the tablets to be drained by their built-in wifi and they have a few spare USB ports to where I could connect the TP2 to via usb cable. I would actually disable the wifi adapter properties on the tablet's network connections.
The TP2 I have has the extended and slim OEM batteries - so that would have been perfect to use. I own the sprint motorola photon now, but I haven't gone through the steps to root it and get tethering on that with my data plan - just because there's still some kinks to be ironed out over at XDA holding me back from doing so.
I visited the wmwifitether webpage and this is the setup I was looking for but it seems that it may still require "cellular data" ?
WMWifiRouter - Support - Documentation - Wifi to USB
from the website :
This connection profile allows you to use your mobile device as a wifi dongle. It shares an available wifi signal over USB. The requirements for this connection profile are the same as for the Cellular to USB connection profile.
Note that the mobile device will not show up on your computer as a wifi network card, and you will have to connect your mobile device to the wifi access point of your choice manually.