Setting Up A Basic WLAN - Help/Advise Needed...

[steven]

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

Hi people im a little new to setting up wireless ive used CAT5 cross over
link before to basicly share files etc but im wondering is it possible to
insert a PCI wireless card into a host pc then a PCMCIA card into a laptop
and connect over that in a simular way to the cat5 network link? i thaught i
may need a wireless access point no one at the computer fairs knows so i
thaught id ask here next, thanks for reading...

Steve

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

"Steven" <NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:chg9kq$jt1$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk:

> is it possible to
> insert a PCI wireless card into a host pc then a PCMCIA card
> into a laptop and connect over that in a simular way to the cat5
> network link?

Yes. You are talking about ad hoc wireless networking. Here's an
article about it:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_
02april08.mspx

Ad hoc works fine but doesn't scale up well beyond few nodes.
Wireless access points are used in infrastructure wireless networking
- aimed at medium/large-scale implementations.

 

[steven]

Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)

Thanks a lot ill go buy a PCI wireless card now and start experementing-
makes a change from accessing the local insecure wireless networks across
town ;-) ...

Steve

"Frank le Spikkin" <zaq@invalid.jp> wrote in message
news:Xns955C121D71F17FlSxxx@130.133.1.4...
> "Steven" <NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:chg9kq$jt1$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk:
>
> > is it possible to
> > insert a PCI wireless card into a host pc then a PCMCIA card
> > into a laptop and connect over that in a simular way to the cat5
> > network link?
>
> Yes. You are talking about ad hoc wireless networking. Here's an
> article about it:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_
> 02april08.mspx
>
> Ad hoc works fine but doesn't scale up well beyond few nodes.
> Wireless access points are used in infrastructure wireless networking
> - aimed at medium/large-scale implementations.