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a Suedo-AP sort of mode but not the full AP mode that Prism2-3 cards can handle.



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>With software most types of wireless cards become AP's however to date
>that is what is lacking... Prism2 has drivers in the form of HostAP,
>the doze cabletron drivers apparently also work in AP mode, don't
>think there's been anything to date for cisco available, yet their LMC
>35x makes the basis for most of their 350 series APs and Bridges...
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>Thursday, June 13, 2002, 10:17:08 AM, you wrote:
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>RA> You can't just put a normal wireless card into AP mode to act as an AP.

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>RA> An Access Point and a wireless card is different things.
>RA> Most cost effective thing for you to do would be just to use 3 cards in
AdHoc
>RA> mode.
>RA> Otherwise you'll need two cards for your notebooks, an Access Point, a
network
>RA> card in your desktop, a crossover cable from your AP to your network card
in
>RA> your desktop, blah blah blah
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>>>ah - now I get it. And this is ad-hoc mode right?
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>>>infrastrucutre mode is for talking to an access point?
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>>>so in my example I would have my laptops in infrastructure mode, and the

>>>desktop in ad-hoc mode?
>>>
>>>Ben
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>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
>>>[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Ryan Abbenhuys
>>>Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:36 AM
>>>To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
>>>Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Run a PC as an access point?
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>>>
>>>technically both laptops can't talk to the PC at the exact same
>>>millisecond.....but
>>>because it's so fast it of course appears they are talking to it at the same

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>>>time.
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>>>So you wouldn't have any problems with 10 computers talking at once let
>>>alone
>>>only 3.
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
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>>>>I was thinking of getting a wireless card for my desktop, and one for a

>>>>laptop, then running them in ad-hoc mode to give the laptop connectivity
to
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>>>>the wired lan. But, when another laptop is on the scene, both laptopts cant

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>>>>talk to the desktop at the same time can they?
>>>>
>>>>So, do the wireless drivers typically let you make them act as an access

>>>>point, or do I need a hardware version of an AP? I'm running Win2K
>>>>
>>>>Ben
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