RE:OT: Wireless NIC to NIC; need WAP?
Kent West writes:
> I've got two Debian (Sid) boxes in different parts of the house. Can I
> put in a wireless NIC into each one of them, and them talk to each
> other, or must I have a Wireless Access Point as an intermediary?
You don't need a WAP, just put the cards into Ad-hoc mode. You would
do this in your /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, I believe--the Managed
option.
> And one more: why can't I find a PCI wireless NIC, instead of a PCI
> wireless NIC adapter plus a wireless PCMCIA NIC? To me, that seems
> stupid. (But then, someone mentioned that the Apple wireless Airport
> basestation does the same thing; puts a wireless PCMCIA nic in an adapter.)
I imagine that's because they expect that most wireless stations will
be laptops and that anything with a PCI slot free is likely to have an
ethernet port, which is connected to the local LAN, which is connected
to the wireless repeater.
Andrew.
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