Setting Up A Basic WLAN - Help/Advise Needed...

Hi people im a little new to setting up wireless ive used CAT5 cross over
link before to basicly share files etc but im wondering is it possible to
insert a PCI wireless card into a host pc then a PCMCIA card into a laptop
and connect over that in a simular way to the cat5 network link? i thaught i
may need a wireless access point no one at the computer fairs knows so i
thaught id ask here next, thanks for reading...

Steve

"Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> is it possible to
> insert a PCI wireless card into a host pc then a PCMCIA card
> into a laptop and connect over that in a simular way to the cat5
> network link?

Yes. You are talking about ad hoc wireless networking. Here's an
article about it:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...expert/bowman_
02april08.mspx

Ad hoc works fine but doesn't scale up well beyond few nodes.
Wireless access points are used in infrastructure wireless networking
- aimed at medium/large-scale implementations.

Thanks a lot :-) ill go buy a PCI wireless card now and start experementing-
makes a change from accessing the local insecure wireless networks across
town ;-) ...

Steve

"Frank le Spikkin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Steven" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:chg9kq$jt1$(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > is it possible to
> > insert a PCI wireless card into a host pc then a PCMCIA card
> > into a laptop and connect over that in a simular way to the cat5
> > network link?
>
> Yes. You are talking about ad hoc wireless networking. Here's an
> article about it:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...expert/bowman_
> 02april08.mspx
>
> Ad hoc works fine but doesn't scale up well beyond few nodes.
> Wireless access points are used in infrastructure wireless networking
> - aimed at medium/large-scale implementations.