Point to Point Wireless??

[Murzal Arsya]

Yes, you can do that on ubuntu (and other linux distro).
If you are running KDE, there is a tool for connecting wifi. It's
kwifimanager.
It's pretty nice, which you can see the available connection and connect to
it.
Of course there are some other tools that you can use, or also using the
CLI.
But, I suggest you to use the kwifimanager. You can get it on the
repository.
This type of connection is called ad-hoc. One of the notebook (or pc) should
be the master.

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regards,
Arsya

On 3/19/06, Arjun Shankar <arjunsha at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm hoping this is not too dumb a question to ask. And frankly, I'm
> WAY off the correct mailing list to ask this, but here goes...
> The thing is, me and my friend have notebooks with 802.11b wireless
> NICs. Now some while ago when we didnt have a network in college,
> people with ethernet cards used to connect two boxes directly with a
> 'crossed' wire, without needing any extra hardware (hub or switch).
> Well, basically, in India a notebook is a luxury (I got mine with a
> loan :)), so a wireless hub is something I cant even dream of buying
> as a student. To get to the point, is there a wireless equivalent of
> connecting two computers directly (like its done with wired NICs)
> without needing a hub? If yes, how? and if not why not?
> Arjun Shankar
>
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