Re: Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi Network Setup

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 27 May 2011 17:44:36 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote:

> I'm trying to setup an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network, but having trouble to get
> it working. Below are the steps I follow.
> 
>   foo# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc chan 11 essid inci 
>   foo# ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.1
> 
>   bar# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc chan 11 essid inci 
>   bar# ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.2
>   bar# ping 192.168.1.1 -I wlan0
> 
> But ping fails miserably. What might I be missing? (See the detailed
> command outputs in the attachment.)

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Just in case, I would follow these steps:

http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc#Manual_Method

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón