Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #4082

From:	Sam Lewis <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	[OS2Wireless] OS/2 Access Point
Date:	Wed, 10 Dec 2003 13:39:02 -0600
To:	os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com

John Poltorak wrote: On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:19:43PM -0600, Sam Lewis wrote: John Poltorak wrote: Is it possible to create an OS/2 Access Point? I see that IBM have produced instructions for building a wireless access point on Linux. Wondered how much of it would apply to OS/2... Also can someone explain the difference between ad-hoc mode and the other one (can't remember the name) ? Ad-Hoc is peer to peer communication between two computers with Wireless NIC's. No access point is needed. Infrastructure mode is used when you have an access point which can be connected to your wired network. An access point is like a wireless Hub. So, in infrasture mode, if you had an AP on 192.168.0.1 and two computers on 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3, could you contact .3 directly from .2 or would traffic have to be routed via .1? Yes you could ping .2 directly from .3 and vice versa with no routing. The access point acts like a regular dumb hub plus you use the AP to connect your wired cat 5 network to your wireless network if you have one. That also requires no routing, it will look like one big happy network. Presumably ad-hoc mode would allow direct access... Ad-Hoc is what you would use if you don't have an AP and you would not be able to connect your wired network to your wireless network. Sam Sam =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "unsubscribe os2-wireless_users" in the body (omit the quotes). For help with other commands, send a message to steward@2rosenthals.com with the command "help" in the body (omit the quotes). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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