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Title: WiFi
Post by: riki_nakamura on April 12, 2004, 09:21:42 pm

I would like to know if you put a wifi card into a PC with a slot and it has no antenna just connected to a dsl or lan modem through cables and can you still do wireless networking without a Access Point??

[Edit by Foxdie to merge posts so there\'s no flood of posts on WiFi]

Sorry for asking this question over and over again but I would like to know exactly how things work for the AD HOC but if you can can you explain it simply but specifically???

Title: WiFi
Post by: Joshp on April 12, 2004, 09:28:54 pm

It is bascily for doing p2p.  Such as my T:c (Palm) has bulit in wifi I can config my laptop in adhoc mode and sync in betwen my palm and windows (havent treyed it under linux).  The only time I have ever found a use for it is if I dont have access to an AP.

JP

Title: WiFi
Post by: Joshp on April 12, 2004, 09:33:26 pm

You want to use a ADHOC mode wifi card in a pc as a gateway.  Yes that is posable, I have nerver done that; and windows is a pain to set up as a gateway.  And you should note that not all wifi cards are able to enter adhoc mode.

Edit: You can use a proxy server under windows to set it up as a gateway.  Dont know of any off hand, its been a few years since I have done any thing with a proxy under windows.

JP