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Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

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Wireless network connecting without router?

Hi,

I am getting closer to setting up wireless network, want to connect to my laptop and a wifi media device wondering if i still need a wireless router to do this?

wireless in /etc/conf.d

#wlan_eth0="eth0 mode managed essid default"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(wlan0)
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid mrgreen

rc.conf

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 wlan0)

Of course I would like to add some encryption to network to be more secure

 iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     802.11b/g  ESSID:"mrgreen"  
          Mode:Managed  Channel=2  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Sensitivity=4/6  
          Retry:on   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

guess the trick is to be able to find other devices this is where I have no idea what to do [iwlist!]

TIA

MrG

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Mr Green

zeus

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From: Korolev / Russia

Registered: 2006-09-19

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Re: Wireless network connecting without router?

1) you can setup any computer wifi card to work as a wifi-router (search wiki)
2) you can use ad-hoc mode

Mr Green

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Re: Wireless network connecting without router?

 iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     No scan results

I can scan using laptop but its not showing my desktop ... above is from desktop so its not finding laptop

wiki guide guide shows how to set up wifi ... but I am thinking I need to use ad-hoc

sorry for dumb questions just never tried to set up wireless before

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Mr Green

zeus

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From: Korolev / Russia

Registered: 2006-09-19

Posts: 117

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Re: Wireless network connecting without router?

try this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sof … cess_Point for desktop computer

Mr Green

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Re: Wireless network connecting without router?

Thanks for your help .... ;-)

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