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More info?)
What about setting both the computer and the print server to the Ad hoc
mode...wouldn't that eliminate the need for a router?
"MR" <MR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7679D957-2CD6-4002-92E4-0ACCED923E6A@microsoft.com...
> No. There is no need for internet or a modem. You need to setup a wireless
> Local Area Netwrok. I recommend the following:
> 1. A laptop with wireless networking (most newer lapops have this
> already),
> if not you can buy a wireless cardbus card (eg. Netgear 511).
> Alternatively
> you can have you laptop connected to a wireless router via an ethernet
> cable.
> 2. A wireless router to communicate with the printer server. Note that
> this
> is not essential since if wireless laptop can connect directly to the
> wireless printer server.
> 3. Setup the network (read the documentation for each of these devices)
> so
> that all of the devices use the same subnet mask/SSID/encryption protocol.
> At
> the begining it is best to have no encryption at all till you have made
> things work, later you can make the network encrypted. The router can be
> used
> to assign IP addresses to each of the devices on your network.
>
> It is all less complicated than it sounds.
>
> "Jay T." wrote:
>
>> I have a really basic Q!: Must I have a broadband connection (and
>> appropriate
>> modem) in order to set up an ad hoc network?? I simply want to go
>> wireless
>> from my laptop to my printer. I have a wireless printer server (802.11G)
>> and
>> even a router that I can use. Thanks!
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