[ALUG] 2 laptops, 2 wireless LAN I/Fs, and ... ?

[Dennis Dryden]

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Ted Harding
<Ted.Harding at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> Given two laptops, each equipped with a wireless LAN interface,
> it seems to me that each should be able to find the other on
> a "point-to-point" basis (i.e. wireless equivalent of a CAT
> cable), without the need for each to connect to a wireless hub.
>
> But I'm not seeing how to achieve this! With both I/Fs switched
> on, neither seems to be aware of the other (when I start up
> a connection setup "wizard", and ask it to search for a network,
> though capable of detecting my next-door neghbour's BT Home Hub).
>
> Any suggestions? (And I have no experience whatever of using
> wireless networking, so keep it gentle ... )!
>
> With thanks,
> Ted.
>

I had an idea you wanted to use AH-hoc wireless networking for this
but when googling to check i found this:

http://www.atlink.it/~conti/articles/creating-an-ad-hoc-wireless-connection-with-linux/

Seems like what your after.

Dennis