[MLB-WIRELESS] Run a PC as an access point?

[evilbunny]

Hello Ryan,

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:

RA> You can't just put a normal wireless card into AP mode to act as an AP.

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


>>ah - now I get it. And this is ad-hoc mode right?
>>
>>infrastrucutre mode is for talking to an access point?
>>
>>so in my example I would have my laptops in infrastructure mode, and the
>>desktop in ad-hoc mode?
>>
>>Ben
>>
>>
>>-----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

>>time.
>>
>>So you wouldn't have any problems with 10 computers talking at once let
>>alone
>>only 3.
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>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

>>
>>>the wired lan. But, when another laptop is on the scene, both laptopts cant

>>
>>>talk to the desktop at the same time can they?
>>>
>>>So, do the wireless drivers  à  typically let you make them act n access
>>>point, or do I need a hardware version of an AP? I'm running Win2K
>>>
>>>Ben
>>>
>>>
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