Gordon, Many thanks for this, it certainly gives me a good starting point. Graham On Friday, 27 January 2012, Gordon Houston <<a href="mailto:gordon.houston@gmail.com">gordon.houston@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi Graham > > Hope I can answer a couple of your questions, or at least give you a few ideas. > > On the portable router front I use a d-link DAP-1350 it's very easy to set up under ubuntu (or anything else for that matter) and has numerous options for sharing access, securing networks etc - cost around Ł50. > > <a href="http://www.dlink.com/DAP-1350">http://www.dlink.com/DAP-1350</a> > > If you want to reduce costs further, you can actually just share the wireless that's built into your laptop. I apologise my current location means I am using a desperately slow connection so can't dig out the exact document, but this should give you somewhere to start. > > <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/ShareEthernetConnectionThroughWireless">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/ShareEthernetConnectionThroughWireless</a> > > As for a cheap "NAS" solution - if it is to be used in the setup you describe below you could just share either a folder on the server across the network, or if you needed more storage you can do the same with a USB drive using the same method, so at most that would cost the price of a new drive, > > <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/internet/C/networking-shares.html">https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/internet/C/networking-shares.html</a> > > Goes through a few options for you. There is samba as which is useful if the other people in the room are running window. > > Anyway – hope that will gets you started. > > > On 26 January 2012 20:26, Graham Smith <<a href="mailto:myotistwo@gmail.com">myotistwo@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> I'm not actually sure what I should be asking here, but I would like to be able to set up a laptop as a server running questionnaires (created with StatPac) that need a cgi-bin folder to run a perl script. >> >> I would then like to allow people to access the questionnaire from their laptops via a wireless connection to the laptop/server. Everyone would be in the same room. >> >> I see there are things called portable wireless routers, is this as simple as installing a Ubuntu server version on the laptop, and plugging in the router. Then letting the users find the wireless connection. >> >> Can anyone advise on what sort of problems I might have, and suggest a low cost wireless router that might suit. I also see their are wireless NASs and wondered if that might provide an alternative approach. >> >> I will obviously need to read up a bit (a lot) about setting up a network, but I would appreciate any comments that will highlight any key issues I would need to consider. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Graham >> -- >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> >> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> >> > >