Wireless Ad-hoc on ubuntu

[Neil]

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> Parlotti wrote:
>  >  I have had to wrestle with the madwifi atheros drivers until I got em
>  > working. The recent brick wall I have run into is getting the wireless
>  > to join an xp  based ad-hoc network. I have read around and tried to
>  > put the wireless card into ad-hoc mode but none seem to work.
>
>  Well, I had trouble to get 2 Windows machines to _reliably_ communicate
>  with ad-hoc mode. That doesn't mean it isn't possible, but I don't know
>  much about Windows. However there was no problem between Ubuntu
>  machines :)
>
>  Anyway, this is for the Ubuntu side - I can't tell you how I got the
>  Windows side working. In a terminal enter these commands:
>
>  sudo wlanconfig ath0 destroy
>  sudo wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode adhoc
>  sudo iwconfig ath0 essid "mywlan" channel 1 txpower 10
>  sudo ifconfig ath0 192.168.12.34 up
>
>  Modify the parameters according to your preferences. I didn't try WEP
>  encryption because it isn't secure anyway. But if you want to try it,
>  consult the iwconfig man page for the necessary parameters.
>
>
>  Nils
>
>

I always advise to use WEP. In the Netherlands leeching of unprotected
networks is legal, while leeching of protected networks (even only
WEP) is illegal. I do not know how it is in the rest of the world

Neil


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