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.
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On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Ted Harding Ted.Harding@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-...
Seems like what your after.
Dennis
On 08-Sep-08 14:02:08, Dennis Dryden wrote:
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Ted Harding Ted.Harding@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-connect ion-with-linux/
Seems like what your after. Dennis
Thanks! That looks interesting (if possibly not definitive ... ) Best wishes, Ted.
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