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by ksmith

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My boss recently talked to me about what the best way being able to set up a small network of computers quickly and easily in an undisclosed location would be.

He wants to be able to send and receive a small amount of information between 5 to 6 computers when they're out of the office and not necessarily in a location that has a connection. He also asked if Bluetooth would be an option, as he would like to do it wirelessly if possible.

Currently I am trying to decide whether he should try to set up an ad hoc connection via bluetooth or WiFi. I have done some research and as far as I can tell there is very little security when it comes to using the WiFi option, but the Bluetooth also has a few security flaws (Bluesnarfing...).

Also the most of the information I have found for Bluetooth is specifically for Phone to PC or vice versa, but seems very possible for PC to PC.

I am leaning towards Bluetooth as it seems very easy to set up and it looks secure to a point. I also know that the wave distance is very short, so that helps its security as well.

Anyone have any experience with setting up an Ad Hoc network? What do you recommend? What is easiest?

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by ksmith

Not sure if this will do any good as no one answered me the first time through.

I have been messing around with the ad hoc WiFi approach and it seems relatively easy to get things set up. However, once I get the computers connected to each other on the mini network, I still can't find a way to send and receive data between the computers.

Every time I connect to a computer to find a file, it asks me for that computers login information. I would like a way around this, but even if this is a necessary step, it still won't let me into the computer after inputing the correct information.

Anyone have advice?

by ksmith

Bluetooth is extremely easy to set up and use. I currently have it set up so that there is one main computer that has all the useful information located in its exchange folder, and all the other computers connect to this one computer and can easily send and receive files.

There is a way to set up the security as well, to use a pin code, but I haven't figured out how to change it more then the first time.

The problem with this set up, is that the people using it, don't want a manual setup. From my understanding they want a way to map a drive or something to that effect, so that the program they use has a set location to point to. We have tried pointing it to the exchange folder and that does not work.

Does anyone know a way to do this?

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