On Sat, 2002-03-16 at 18:34, Andrew Agno wrote: > Kent West writes: > > I've got two Debian (Sid) boxes in different parts of the house. Can I > > put in a wireless NIC into each one of them, and them talk to each > > other, or must I have a Wireless Access Point as an intermediary? > > You don't need a WAP, just put the cards into Ad-hoc mode. You would > do this in your /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts, I believe--the Managed > option. > > > And one more: why can't I find a PCI wireless NIC, instead of a PCI > > wireless NIC adapter plus a wireless PCMCIA NIC? To me, that seems > > stupid. (But then, someone mentioned that the Apple wireless Airport > > basestation does the same thing; puts a wireless PCMCIA nic in an adapter.) > > I imagine that's because they expect that most wireless stations will > be laptops and that anything with a PCI slot free is likely to have an > ethernet port, which is connected to the local LAN, which is connected > to the wireless repeater. > > I'm sure this the case, but I can see wireless as the choice for home, or small offices that don't want to spend the $$ for cat 5 wiring installation and don't need 100mbs speeds.
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