On 8/3/19, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
On 07/29/2019 05:40 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
Sneakernet for file transfer has become annoying.
Ethernet is undesirable in my environment so I am only interested is
wireless.
I have only a few machines a max of 6' apart.
My usage would typically be peer-to-peer but I want to communicate
between any two machines.
My web connectivity is via a T-Mobile WiFi Hotspot (WiFi turned off).
I run Debian 9.8.
I've just begun reading - primarily Wikipedia articles and some links
from them. My primary question is "What should I be reading?" in order
to ask appropriate questions. Specificallty "What?" and "Why?" much more
than "Howto?".
A concern is security issues. Bluetooth, being short range, may thus
have an advantage. Speed is not an issue for my expected usage. (I was
one of my ISP's last 6 dial-up clients ;)
TIA
ON TOPIC references include:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_ad_hoc_network
https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc
Except you said security was an issue & I suspect it's going to be a
real pain making a secure ad-hoc wireless network.