I've finally found a solution, thanks to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205501
(even though I had to do various additional tests to make it work). # ifconfig wlan0 down # iwconfig wlan0 essid adhoc-vinc17 mode Ad-Hoc channel 1 key 1234567812 # ifconfig wlan0 up 192.168.0.3 and on the N810, I also need to select channel 1 (I thought that the second machine would select the channel automatically, but this doesn't work). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org