[NTLUG:Discuss] A potentially useful thing

[MadHat Unspecific]

Ted Gould wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 07:19 +0900, Daniel Hauck wrote:
>> I'd like to turn my laptop into a wireless gateway that, I hope, will 
>> also enable me to make phone calls.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas about what I need to do to turn my wireless 
>> network device into a wireless access point?  I would especially favor 
>> anything that doesn't necessarily require a lot of destructive 
>> configurations and such.
> 
> I haven't tried it, but my network manager menu has a "Create new
> wireless network..." which to me implies what you're doing.

Most likely that is a AdHoc network and not setting yourself up as an 
AP.  Like I mentioned before it _can_ work, but it is more difficult 
depending on your overall setup, devices and goals.

Added Info: An AdHoc network is "point to point" according to some docs, 
but that is not really true.  AdHoc network is analogous to a hub based 
network, where anyone associated with the AdHoc network will broadcast 
every packet.  There are issues with collisions and bandwidth 
utilization, just like with a hub.  An infrastructure network is where 
you have an Access Point and it like a switched network, and therefor 
better performance and less issues.


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