newbie: laptop wifi + pda

Hi all,

I want to use my laptop as the "sending wifi device" and receive the
information with my PDA (archos PMA400)
My laptop is connected with a lan-cable to my server.
There are lots of tutorials how to receive a wireless signal with a laptop
with wifi onboard, but not the other way around.

Is there a good (newbiefriendly) site/tutorial/howto where this is
explained?

Tia
Ted

This guide may be of help with this issue...

http://www.geocities.com/grieg_winter/adhoc/index.html

Good luck...

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"Ted" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed) domain...
> Hi all,
>
> I want to use my laptop as the "sending wifi device" and receive the
> information with my PDA (archos PMA400)
> My laptop is connected with a lan-cable to my server.
> There are lots of tutorials how to receive a wireless signal with a laptop
> with wifi onboard, but not the other way around.
>
> Is there a good (newbiefriendly) site/tutorial/howto where this is
> explained?
>
> Tia
> Ted

With wi-fi there is no such thing as "sending device".
All devices or computers are equal peers in the network.

Another thing worth noting is that tiny wi-fi adapters of PDAs often
work in 802.11b mode (11 mbps), while majority of computers
work in .11g mode (54 mpbs). When the wireless router sees a .11b
device, it (and the whole network) falls down to slow .11b mode.
--PA


"Ted" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news(E-Mail Removed) domain...
> Hi all,
>
> I want to use my laptop as the "sending wifi device" and receive the
> information with my PDA (archos PMA400)
> My laptop is connected with a lan-cable to my server.
> There are lots of tutorials how to receive a wireless signal with a laptop
> with wifi onboard, but not the other way around.
>
> Is there a good (newbiefriendly) site/tutorial/howto where this is
> explained?
>
> Tia
> Ted