do i need an AP?

Please humour me if this is a ridiculous question.
Can two pc's each with a wireless NIC operate as a two node work?

I searched google for this relatively simple piece of information with no
luck, I have a decent understanding of networking equipment (I've completed
Cisco's CCNA course, but I'm not taking the final test...) and I would like
to add wireless to my home network. I'm wondering if I could just plug the
wireless card into my router pc, then chuck it in the roof and/or modify the
card with a more powerful aerial?

Any help is appreciated.

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neerolyte AT netspace DOT net DOT au

ok I got my answer from Ad Hoc Network below...

Infrastructure mode


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> ok I got my answer from Ad Hoc Network below...
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Meant to say Ad-hoc.

sorry about that


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> "neerolyte" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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neerolyte wrote:

> Please humour me if this is a ridiculous question.
> Can two pc's each with a wireless NIC operate as a two node work?
>
> I searched google for this relatively simple piece of information with no
> luck, I have a decent understanding of networking equipment (I've
> completed Cisco's CCNA course, but I'm not taking the final test...) and I
> would like to add wireless to my home network. I'm wondering if I could
> just plug the wireless card into my router pc, then chuck it in the roof
> and/or modify the card with a more powerful aerial?

Yes, in Ad Hoc mode.

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Alan White wrote:

> Infrastructure mode

Infrastructure mode requires a access point. Ad Hoc mode is used for direct
computer - computer connections.


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In article
<KQbVb.9753$(E-Mail Removed). rogers.com>,
James Knott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> neerolyte wrote:
>
> > Please humour me if this is a ridiculous question.
> > Can two pc's each with a wireless NIC operate as a two node work?
> >
> > I searched google for this relatively simple piece of information with no
> > luck, I have a decent understanding of networking equipment (I've
> > completed Cisco's CCNA course, but I'm not taking the final test...) and I
> > would like to add wireless to my home network. I'm wondering if I could
> > just plug the wireless card into my router pc, then chuck it in the roof
> > and/or modify the card with a more powerful aerial?
>
> Yes, in Ad Hoc mode.

Have you actually tried this? I did - for about a week. I had no end
of problems. Dropped connections, no connection, etc. Basically
unreliable.

I got a proper Access Point and have had no problems since. Actually
it's a combined router and AP (D-Link 624) - can you even buy a plain AP
any more? But I'm just using it as an AP, Windows XP is my router and
firewall.

Dan

In article <me-(E-Mail Removed)>, Dan wrote:
> I got a proper Access Point and have had no problems since. Actually
> it's a combined router and AP (D-Link 624) - can you even buy a plain AP
> any more?

Yes you can. All the usual manufacturers make them, and I expect will
continue to do so. An access point on its own is a convenient thing to add
to an existing network, and even for a new system the requirements for
wireless coverage and network cable routing may not coincide.

Rod.