>> You need to make one PC an access point. I think most guides are
> yes, I already am aware of this, but this I wanted to avoid. It will
> be then again a new hop, which causes delay (and I suppose,
> a software router is sklower than a hardware device).
No, if one of the PCs is the AP, then communication between the two PCs
is direct without "extra hop".
Similarly, if you use a separate AP/router box, any service you run on
the AP/router box (e.g. a WAN connection) itself is available "directly"
without any extra hop.
Stefan
