Wireless AND wired ad hoc, no internet

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Ok, I used to know this stuff, but went to college and got dumb... Please bear with me. I have two towers with in 50 feet of each other in same building. I was planning on getting two wri-fi cards and ad hocing them. I have another tower about 100 feet away in a new building. There is cat5 e run between the buildings. All computers run XP Home.

Question: Can I ad-hoc all three, two on wireless, two wired? Such that:

a=upstairs, wi-fi
b=downstairs, wi-fi & wired
c=new building, wired

Will A be able to connect with B for file sharing, and maybe some network gaming?

I don't need to involve internet sharing, as all have a seperate dialup connection.

Thanks for your patience and hopeful answers.

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Thanks for info, but what I want to know is if I can make them play together nice without a hub. If I need one, fine, but I would rather do without.

Thanks!

"JR" wrote:

> yes, this must be possible.
> I suggest using a wireless hub downstairs to serve the
> Wifi PC's with the access point part and with a CAT5 wire
> plugged in to the hub for the new building.
> This will avoid problems trying to "bridge" the Wifi and
> wired network in your downstairs computer.
> Hope it helps!
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Ok, I used to know this stuff, but went to college and
> got dumb... Please bear with me. I have two towers with
> in 50 feet of each other in same building. I was planning
> on getting two wri-fi cards and ad hocing them. I have
> another tower about 100 feet away in a new building.
> There is cat5 e run between the buildings. All computers
> run XP Home.
> >
> >Question: Can I ad-hoc all three, two on wireless, two
> wired? Such that:
> >
> >a=upstairs, wi-fi
> >b=downstairs, wi-fi & wired
> >c=new building, wired
> >
> >Will A be able to connect with B for file sharing, and
> maybe some network gaming?
> >
> >I don't need to involve internet sharing, as all have a
> seperate dialup connection.
> >
> >Thanks for your patience and hopeful answers.
> >.
> >
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

But what I want to know is if I can bridge the downstairs computer . I want to avoid having to get a hub unless absolutely neccessary.

Thanks

"JR" wrote:

> yes, this must be possible.
> I suggest using a wireless hub downstairs to serve the
> Wifi PC's with the access point part and with a CAT5 wire
> plugged in to the hub for the new building.
> This will avoid problems trying to "bridge" the Wifi and
> wired network in your downstairs computer.
> Hope it helps!
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Ok, I used to know this stuff, but went to college and
> got dumb... Please bear with me. I have two towers with
> in 50 feet of each other in same building. I was planning
> on getting two wri-fi cards and ad hocing them. I have
> another tower about 100 feet away in a new building.
> There is cat5 e run between the buildings. All computers
> run XP Home.
> >
> >Question: Can I ad-hoc all three, two on wireless, two
> wired? Such that:
> >
> >a=upstairs, wi-fi
> >b=downstairs, wi-fi & wired
> >c=new building, wired
> >
> >Will A be able to connect with B for file sharing, and
> maybe some network gaming?
> >
> >I don't need to involve internet sharing, as all have a
> seperate dialup connection.
> >
> >Thanks for your patience and hopeful answers.
> >.
> >
>