Re: Creating my first LAN
On Wed 24 Mar 2021 at 17:49:11 (-0400), Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote:
> El mié, 24 mar 2021 a las 16:42, Brian (<ad44@cityscape.co.uk>) escribió:
> > On Wed 24 Mar 2021 at 20:20:59 +0000, Joe wrote:
> > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:08:43 -0500 David Wright wrote:
> > > >
> > > > A new N600 dual band router can be had for $30 at Walmart.
> > > > I don't know how easy it is to initially configure it without
> > > > an ethernet connection to one of the LAN ports, but that problem
> > > > can be considered solved by the quotation above (from a couple
> > > > of years back).
> > >
> > > For the record, many modern routers provide a URL to reach the admin
> > > page, so as long as wifi and DHCP are enabled out of the box, and they
> > > all do that, there's no need to mess about with IP addresses and
> > > cabling at all.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > I am pleased you are supporting the advice I gave. Setting up one
> > computer [a]s an AP with DHCP is interesting but not exactly a walk
> > in the park.
>
> I agree too. Using a router would be a very easy way to set up
> an ad-hoc network.
Take care with your terminology (unless this was some sort of joke).
The idea of buying a router is to *avoid* having to set up an
ad-hoc network. Routers are designed to be APs and run a DHCP
server OOTB, whereas laptops are not. The debian-installer is
designed to make connecting to such an AP very straightforward.
(Of course, this might be all too conventional.)
Cheers,
David.
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