Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #4085

From:	Lewis G Rosenthal <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 09:10:42 -0500
To:	os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com

All traffic must pass through the AP. There is no direct station-to-station traffic. 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! 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 Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com Team OS/2 / NetWare Users International www.novell.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This OS/2 system (Apollo) uptime is 0 days 12:16 hours and 24 seconds =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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