On Sat 03 Aug 2019 at 08:18:13 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 07/29/2019 05:40 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > Sneakernet for file transfer has become annoying. > > Ethernet is undesirable in my environment so I am only interested > > is wireless. > > I have only a few machines a max of 6' apart. > > My usage would typically be peer-to-peer but I want to communicate > > between any two machines. > > My web connectivity is via a T-Mobile WiFi Hotspot (WiFi turned off). > > I run Debian 9.8. > > > > I've just begun reading - primarily Wikipedia articles and some > > links from them. My primary question is "What should I be > > reading?" in order to ask appropriate questions. Specificallty > > "What?" and "Why?" much more than "Howto?". > > > > A concern is security issues. Bluetooth, being short range, may > > thus have an advantage. Speed is not an issue for my expected > > usage. (I was one of my ISP's last 6 dial-up clients ;) > > ON TOPIC references include: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_ad_hoc_network > https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc
Well, that blows up your security concerns. And now you've got six times as much configuring to do. A cheap router does all that for you, the security monitoring logs and the configuration of all the hosts. And it's something that everyone here uses and understands. > Bluetooth verging on moot as not all *my* machines have it. Cheers, David.
