Adhoc links

There are 8 of us who live in the same apt building in seperate
aprtments who would like to set up a network sharing directories on
our computer with each other via our wireless link operating in adhoc
mode. None of us have ever used adhoc mode.We all have wired
connections to the internet. Is this something we can do while
maintaining our wired connection. Security is not an issue , these
buildings seem to be pretty much RF tight for some reason . We all
have the same type company issed identically equiped laptop .

A wireless AP was set up and everyone can log into that in the client
mode.

On Feb 2, 6:09*pm, "Peter Pan" <pponvistaNOS...@MarcAlanNOSPAM.Info>
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> "JIMMIE" <jimmi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > There are 8 of us who live in the same apt building in seperate
> > aprtments who would like to set up a network sharing directories on
> > our computer with each other via our wireless link operating in adhoc
> > mode. None of us have ever used adhoc mode.We all have wired
> > connections to the internet. Is this something we can do while
> > maintaining our wired connection. Security is not an issue , these
> > buildings seem to be pretty much RF tight for some reason . We all
> > have the same type company issed identically equiped laptop .
>
> > A wireless AP was set up and everyone can log into that in the client
> > mode.
>
> if you are all using the same ap, why not just enable file and printer
> sharing (on each computer)? can be done quickly/easily/for free

That AP was gone Friday with its owner. Monday some other company
person will probably be there. Connecting to the internet is no
problem as we all have wired connections through a common router
unfortunatly we can not see each other through thr router and can not
make changes to it.. We, those who are hear now, were hoping to be
able to remedy this problem. Ad hoc seemed to be the way to go but we
havent been able to get it to work. In an ad hoc network should
everyone wireless adapter be set to ad hoc mode?

On Feb 1, 8:35*pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 07:47:43 -0800 (PST), JIMMIE <jimmi...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >There are 8 of us who live in the same apt building in seperate
> >aprtments who would like to set up a network sharing directories on
> >our computer with each other via our wireless link operating in adhoc
> >mode. None of us have ever used adhoc mode.We all have wired
> >connections to the internet. Is this something we can do while
> >maintaining our wired connection. Security is not an issue , these
> >buildings seem to be pretty much RF tight for some reason . We all
> >have the same type company issed identically equiped laptop .
>
> >A wireless AP was set up and everyone can log into that in the client
> >mode.
>
> Ad-hoc does not use a wireless access points (infrastructure mode). In
> ad-hoc mode, everything goes from client to client directly. *If all 8
> of you can hear each other directly, then this system will work. If
> one user cannot hear some other user at the other end of the building,
> then there is no provision for one of the other stations to act as a
> repeater and relay the traffic. *If everyone can connect to a common
> wireless access point, you don't need ad-hoc mode.
>
> Windoze XP Home limits the number of file sharing users to 5. *XP Pro
> has a limit of 10. *
> <http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314882>
> Ad-hoc wireless networking also officially limits the number of
> stations to 9 but some vendors have tweaked the limit to 256:
> <http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=348>
>
> Ad-hoc networking is only officially supported with 802.11b speeds,
> not with 802.11g. *It usually works with 802.11g, but you will have
> some difficulty getting support for faster ad-hoc from the vendors.
> <http://support.dlink.com/faq/view.asp?prod_id=1482>
>
> The decision as to which mode (ad-hoc or infrastruture) is made in the
> wireless client configuration. *It's one or the other. *In ad-hoc
> mode, you will lose your connection to the wireless access point, and
> therefore to the internet. *However, your directly wired ethernet
> connections will remain active.
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann * * je...@cruzio.com
> 150 Felker St #D * *http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Santa Cruz CA 95060http://802.11junk.com
> Skype: JeffLiebermann * * AE6KS * *831-336-2558

Never mind we got it working, two of the guys figured out what we were
doing wrong while I was wasteing time watching the Super Bowl. WAY
TO GO STEELERS. This is pretty cool. We are all sharing a directory
and we can drop off notes to each other and one guy is seting his up
as a post office where you can drop off and pick up mail and I see
there is quite a bit of music and videos out there

On Feb 3, 2:43*am, "Peter Pan" <pponvistaNOS...@MarcAlanNOSPAM.Info>
wrote:
> "JIMMIE" <jimmi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Never mind we got it working, two of the guys figured out what we were
> doing wrong while * I was wasteing time watching the Super Bowl. WAY
> TO GO STEELERS. This is pretty cool. We are all sharing a directory
> and we can drop off notes to each other and one guy is seting his up
> as a post office where you can drop off and pick up mail and I see
> there is quite a bit of music and videos out there
>
> if you feel like putzing, there are free lan mail servers out there, and
> free software for downloading combining usenet music/video/text/etc files

OK, this hasnt turned out to be what I thoufgt it would be but I guess
I should have known better.
I had ccopies of quite a few CD and movies on my HD and I think the
damn thing has run pretty much all night long.
Oh well Ill be gone in 2 days.

Jimmie