From: RossO (newton_at_ordersomewherechaos.com)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 08:45:54 PDT
Ad-Hoc is a very specific situation where none of the cards involved in
the Ad-Hoc network are considered 'base-stations'. As soon as you have
a AirPort base station, any other 802.11b wireless hub, *or a machine
pretending to be a hub* i.e. Apple's "Software Base Station", you
should be running in Infrastructure mode. I *think* the same applies to
your situation, if you're configuring the laptop to work like a
software base station.
(Corrections to the above happily welcomed...)
...Ross...
On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 08:16 AM, Blair Rosser wrote:
> I'd like to keep the base station out of the loop, for now, if
> possible.
> That would keep setup costs to 2x$15.
>
> Essentially, what I'm asking is if it's possible to have WinXP act "as
> if" it were a base station, allowing an adhoc connection with the Newt,
> and bridging the wireless connection of the Newt to the wired LAN on
> the
> PC.
>
> blair
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
>> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Gerstein, Sam
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 7:55 AM
>> To: 'newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net'
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Adhoc wireless - Newton & PC Laptop (or otherwise)
>>
>>
>> I don't know abou the ad-hoc part, but to connect to a base
>> station you'll have to set the SSID. Your windows box can
>> find the SSID (assuming the base station broadcasts it), but
>> the Newton software can't do that yet. /Sam
>>
>
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