Hi David, > What new hop? You said you had the setup: > > hostA≡E----------cat5/6--cable----------∃≡hostB >
no, I have no cable setup, I just said, I know, how to setup when using a cable. Maybe I did not use the correct English idiom... > where E and ∃ are ethernet sockets. (You don't normally need > a crossover cable nowadays.) > > Assuming that hostA can configure its wifi as an access point, > then you replace the cable with: > > hostAP≡∈ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ∋≡hostB That is, what I wanted to do. The idea is, to manually set both computers with fixed IP's on its wlan interface for example: Computer A IP: 192.168.1.10 GW: 192.168.1.1 Computer B IP: 192.168.1.20 GW: 192.168.1.1 Then use NGINX with RTMP-module listening on its standard port and streaming with RTMP from Computer A to Computer B to the standard port. Everything without any AP or router between. The stream can then be made visible with VLC or OBS on Computer B. That is the plan, and as litle as possible between the two computers. > > where ∈ and ∋ are antennae, and hostB connects to the AP > as it would to a router's AP. > > My point with respect to your OP was that the wifi link is > not symmetrical: hostB doesn't need to be an AP. > > If you can do it via ad-hoc networking, that's fine by me. > The benefit of the method above is that you only have to > reconfigure one host, A, and leave B untouched: B knows how > to connect to an AP, so you can focus all your attention > on getting hostA to work, and test it with any normal wifi > device that happens to be on hand. > > Cheers, > David. I do not know, if that is possible with wlan at all. However, it looks like I am always have to use an AP on one of the computers (as other users told). Looks like this is the only solution. However, if it is so, then it will be ok for me. I intend to build a full preconfigurated livefile system based on debian, so that people with Windows-computers can boot it in the fields and can use it. But - this will be a long way. Best regards Hans
