Wireless without Acces point

I see in winXP that I can pc-to-pc network with wireless. I own 2
notebooks. One has 802.11b and one 802.11g built-in wireless network
adapters.

I can't seem to get the to to connect.

I understand that g will "slow down" to accomodate b. Any advice
appreciated.

Regards
Riaan Eloff

"Riaan Eloff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:c8dsf4$lop$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I see in winXP that I can pc-to-pc network with wireless. I own 2
> notebooks. One has 802.11b and one 802.11g built-in wireless network
> adapters.
>
> I can't seem to get the to to connect.
>
> I understand that g will "slow down" to accomodate b. Any advice
> appreciated.

You need them both set in "Ad Hoc" mode (rather than "Infrastructure" mode
and using the same wireless channel and SSID/network name.

Regards
Sunil

In article <c8dsf4$lop$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> I see in winXP that I can pc-to-pc network with wireless. I own 2
> notebooks. One has 802.11b and one 802.11g built-in wireless network
> adapters.
>
> I can't seem to get the to to connect.
>
> I understand that g will "slow down" to accomodate b. Any advice
> appreciated.
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...wman/02april08.
asp

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Conor

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worthwhile.

Conor,

Thanx for the link.

I applied all that she mentioned on her page, but my two network cards just
don't appear to be "seeing" one another. The PCs are about 2 feet apart, so
distance isn't the issue, and they are both definately active, since they
both have the X in red, and I did step-by-step what Bev mentioned, but to no
avail.

The "host PC is using an Intel PRO wireless lan 2100 3B Mini PCI adapter and
the other PC is using a 2200BG Network connection.

The host is using XP Home and the client XP Pro. The G adapter is
definately set to work in both G and B formats/speeds.

Any other help, please?

Riaan Eloff
"Conor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
> In article <c8dsf4$lop$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
> says...
> > I see in winXP that I can pc-to-pc network with wireless. I own 2
> > notebooks. One has 802.11b and one 802.11g built-in wireless network
> > adapters.
> >
> > I can't seem to get the to to connect.
> >
> > I understand that g will "slow down" to accomodate b. Any advice
> > appreciated.
> >
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...wman/02april08.
> asp
>
> --
> Conor
>
> If you're not on somebody's shit list, you're not doing anything
> worthwhile.

Have done so, and read article that Conor suggested. Still no joy.

According to article, I should set up the host with a SSID etc, and then the
client will indicate this as an available network. Client is not "seeing"
host.

How do I set to the same channel? Can't find such an option.

Thanx
Riaan

"Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Riaan Eloff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:c8dsf4$lop$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I see in winXP that I can pc-to-pc network with wireless. I own 2
> > notebooks. One has 802.11b and one 802.11g built-in wireless network
> > adapters.
> >
> > I can't seem to get the to to connect.
> >
> > I understand that g will "slow down" to accomodate b. Any advice
> > appreciated.
>
> You need them both set in "Ad Hoc" mode (rather than "Infrastructure" mode
> and using the same wireless channel and SSID/network name.
>
> Regards
> Sunil
>
>

In article <c8gpjg$5ep$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
says...
> Have done so, and read article that Conor suggested. Still no joy.
>
> According to article, I should set up the host with a SSID etc, and then the
> client will indicate this as an available network. Client is not "seeing"
> host.
>
> How do I set to the same channel? Can't find such an option.
>
You need to do that in the "properties" of the network card.

Go to

http://www.pctel.com/prodSeg.html

Download the Segue Roaming client and see if that makes life easier.


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worthwhile.