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In-Reply-To: <3FD72962.5060807@2rosenthals.com>; from Lewis G Rosenthal on Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:10:42AM -0500
Date:  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:45:26 +0000
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From:  John Poltorak <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] OS/2 Access Point

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 09:10:42AM -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
> All traffic must pass through the AP. There is no direct 
> station-to-station traffic. 

Of course there is!

I got a couple of wireless cards about two years ago, before I had an AP, 
and managed to use them in a TCP/IP network without any trouble once I 
figured out that such a thing as AdHoc mode existed.

> Also, it is possible to have an AP with no 
> IP address in it. Early LinkSys units were like this; they configured 
> either through SNMP or USB cable connected to a 'doze box.
> 
> In answer to your initial question, I would imagine that it is possible 
> to build an OS/2-based AP. It would be quite an undertaking, though!

Well, it's basically an absence of drivers. I don't think any software 
exists which would enable an OS/2 system to work in Infrastruture mode, 
but I would have thought it could simply be used as a router to the 
Internet, if only there were OS/2 drivers for an ADSL NIC.
 
> On 12/10/2003 08:52 am, John Poltorak thus 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?
> >
> >Presumably ad-hoc mode would allow direct access...
> > 
> >  
> >
> >>Sam
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> -- 
> Lewis 
> ------------------------------------------------------------ 
> Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA 
>    Rosenthal & Rosenthal 
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-- 
John



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