[ubuntu-uk] Wirelessly exchanging files

[Thomas Ibbotson]

Bruce Beardall wrote:
> Hi All
>
> A friend and myself at work are looking to exchange files between our 
> two laptops wirelessly. Security concerns at work mean we can't 
> necessarily use the network and it would be a bit laborious to use 
> burn discs and pass them back and forth constantly. He's using Vista 
> and I'm running Hardy. Wireless on both laptops works fine but it's 
> not something I've done before. 
>
> Any suggestions on how I should go about it?
If I understand correctly you probably want to set up an ad-hoc network, 
information on doing this can be found here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Adhoc

I tried to do this at home once, it didn't work and I never worked out 
why. Apparently only some wifi cards support creating ad-hoc networks.

Tom