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by northwood 1 view

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I am just starting to learn about wireless LANs.

On Ad Hoc wireless LAN consisting of 5 computers ( no wired coneections), do you need a wireless hub or can the Ad Hoc LAN operate without a wireless hub?

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by oz_media

Easiest way, if you're only talking about a home network is just to get a wireless router because you're going to need some form of access point, Linksys, DLink,SMC etc. You can get a 802.11g wireless router for about $100.00 in Canada, probably less in US.

Here's a good AdHoc link.
http://tinyurl.com/yvqdn

and

http://tinyurl.com/yue98 (see 3.2 configurations).

If this is for a home you may want to reconsider AdHoc mode for Infrastructure, unless you have a vast expanse of a home.

by greybeard770

An Ad Hoc wireless network is exactly what you are describing - a bunch of computers with wireless cards talking to whoever will listen.
When you get a central Access Point that the clients communicate through you need to change the clients configuration to Infrastructure mode instead of Ad Hoc.

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