You should be able to "get by" with that, however, there is several things an access point does such as manage traffic. Take the situation where the "access point" can hear computers A and B but A&B cannot hear each other. A & B will both try to talk at the same time and interfere with each other at the access point. The AP needs to be able to handle this and I suspect that is the main reason for an adapter to work in AP mode. If all your systems are physically close together, then it Ad-Hoc will probably work fine.
Andy On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:55 AM, JMJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Andrew Farnsworth wrote: > > Showing my ignorance here, > > No worries... I'm far more ignorant that you, as I'm surely about to > prove. LOL > > >but what is Access Point mode? Where the adapter > > will work as an Access Point rather than a client? > > Yes, I think so. > > > I thought this was all software rather than hardware related. > > Right, but my assumption is that the issue is that the firmware or > driver isn't written to provide that functionality. Or maybe it's a > combination of hardware and software required for the various modes? > Most likely, I have no idea what I'm talking about and haven't slept > enough to realize that I'm babbling? heh heh :-) > > Who knows... perhaps I don't need AP mode, and Ad-Hoc mode will work? > The desired end result is to have a few clients connect to the server > (which has the card in question) so that the server can stream video to > the clients. > > OK, I just found the following at the D-link site... > http://www.dlink.com.au/tech/faq/wireless/Wireless_FAQ_General.htm > > ---------------------- > What is an Access Point? > An access point is a bridging device for connecting a wired and wireless > network together. Access points are typically wireless routers or > stand-alone devices that plug into an Ethernet hub, switch, or router. > > What is Ad-hoc mode? > Set of 802.11b wireless stations that communicate directly with one > another without using an access point or any connection to a wired network. > --------------------- > > So, for this particular project, I should be able to get by with Ad-Hoc > mode and one of the machines setup as a DHCP server... right? > > > Thanks for asking, Andy... I just learned something that I should have > figured out before asking my original question. LOL > > JMJ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
