On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote: > Am Samstag, 29. März 2025, 19:21:39 CEST schrieb Stefan Monnier: > > >> 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 > > Hi Stefan, > > so, if I undersztand you corectly, the software AP on the computer does > not > delay anything although it needs processing time? >
WiFi operates in four modes: Access Point, Client, Repeater/range extender and ad-hoc. From what you are describing you want to set up an Ad-Hoc WiFi network. In an Ad-Hoc network all devices talk directly to each other. If you do a Google Search on "How to setup an Ad-Hoc WiFi Network on Linux" it returns step-by-step directions on how to setup an Ad-Hoc network using iw, iwconfig and WPA Supplicant. > This looks strange for me, as I would think, the AP on the computer would > also > need some processing time for recognition, correction and routing to the > host. > If you make the storage server the access point the client will talk to it directly on the same layer 2 network and not create a layer 3 routing hop. This is by far the easiest setup. > > Or am I wrong? > > Best > > Hans > > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
