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Title: Do I need a wireless access point?
Post by: bigwill on February 15, 2004, 04:18:34 am

I wish to connect my Zaurus to a winXP box via a D-Link 660W CF Wireless card. Can I do this without using an access point? Can I just buy a wireless device (say a USB wireless dongle or a USB wireless unit with an antenna) and have them talk to each other just like if they have been networked with a X-over cable?
Any help appreciated.

Cheers!
Bigwill

Title: Do I need a wireless access point?
Post by: pgas2 on February 15, 2004, 04:24:16 am

you don\'t need an AP, just use the \"ad-hoc\" mode.

Title: Do I need a wireless access point?
Post by: bigwill on February 15, 2004, 04:28:53 am

So what I want to do will work?

Bigwill
SL-5500 | SHARP ROM | D-Link 660W | Canon 128 CF | 256 DigiFilm SD |

Title: Do I need a wireless access point?
Post by: lardman on February 15, 2004, 06:30:15 am

Yes. I use a Linksys WCF12 in my Z and a Linksys WUSB11 on my PC and it works fine. A little note about the WUSB11 under Linux though, it and the cradle require that you load different USB modules (can\'t remember what they are off the top of my head), not a big problem but it makes switching a bit of a pain until you sort some scripts out.


Si

Title: Do I need a wireless access point?
Post by: nitup on February 15, 2004, 11:24:49 am

Is there any reason why you would not want to get an AP?  If you already have a network routed to the internet through a gateway, an AP is a very handy way to connect the Z to the internet.  

To do what you want though, yes, a wusb11 would work.  I\'ve connected my Z to my laptop in adhoc mode, using the ip\'s the cradle would give, to sync.  works great.

Title: Do I need a wireless access point?
Post by: VeeDubb on February 15, 2004, 11:06:30 pm

Not so fast.

Yes, technicaly this will work, but it\'s not smart.  You will be much happier in the long run to go buy yourself a nice high quality WiFi router and set a proper infrastructure WiFi network.

\"If it\'s worth doing, it\'s worth doing right!\"

Title: Do I need a wireless access point?
Post by: nitup on February 16, 2004, 11:54:31 am

Guess this cold got in the way of my thought process, I meant that ad hoc mode works well enoug to connect the Z to the workstation.  If part of the goal is to get online with the Z, it\'s much better(easier) to just use a router.