Ad-Hoc mode is a way for two laptops to communicate with each other without an AP. It can be less efficient and you don't get the range boosting abilities of an AP located between them, but it is a great replacement for the infrared ports that have been disappearing from laptops in the last few years. Last year I played around with it a little and it seemed to not be supported with a lot some drivers, but these days I think it is pretty well supported. Beware there is the 802.11b Ad-Hoc mode, and there are also the original "Ad-Hoc" implementations by the various vendors so there are interoperability problems using different brands of cards or different drivers. I believe the latest drivers should implement the 802.11b Ad-Hoc networking for all cards.
-- Daniel <<You cant eat before a operashun. Not even cheese.>> -- Charlie Gordon On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Timothy Johnson wrote: ]What is AD-Hoc mode for on wireless cards? ] ]And is there a way for two laptops to "see" or connect to each other using ]pcmcia cards? I have an Orinoco Silver card btw ] ]----- Original Message ----- ]From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 10:37 AM ]Subject: nycwireless digest, Vol 1 #627 - 3 msgs ] ] ]> Send nycwireless mailing list submissions to ]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]> ]> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit ]> http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless ]> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]> ]> You can reach the person managing the list at ]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]> ]> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific ]> than "Re: Contents of nycwireless digest..." ]> ]> ]> Today's Topics: ]> ]> 1. Re: limiting bandwidth (Jack Unger) ]> 2. Re: EAP-TLS authentication (Jacques Caron) ]> 3. Re: Re: EAP-TLS authentication (Kevin Arima) ]> ]> --__--__-- ]> ]> Message: 1 ]> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:01:49 -0800 ]> From: Jack Unger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]> To: Abhishake Pathak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] limiting bandwidth ]> ]> Abhishake, ]> ]> Here are three sources for you to check out for bandwidth control ]> functionality: ]> ]> 1. www.karlnet.com (replaces your operating system with proprietary OS - ]> probably ]> won't work on WAP11 - karlnet has bandwidth control built-in to the ]> software) ]> 2. www.etinc.com (bandwidth control in external PC) ]> 3. www.ydi.com (external bandwidth control unit) ]> ]> It's good that you're addressing the bandwidth control issue. ]> You will be able to provide more users with reliable service that way. ]> ]> jack ]> ]> Abhishake Pathak wrote: ]> ]> > is there a way to limit the amount of bandwidth each ]> > user can utilize. i'm using a linksys wap11 if that ]> > information is needed. thank you very much. ]> > ]> > Abhishake ]> > ]> ]> -- ]> Jack Unger, President-Wireless InfoNet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (818)227-4220 ]> Vendor-Neutral WISP Seminars - http://www.ask-wi.com/2002workshops ]> Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" ]> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1587050692/ ]> ]> ]> ]> --__--__-- ]> ]> Message: 2 ]> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:50:20 +0100 ]> To: Bon sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]> From: Jacques Caron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]> Subject: [nycwireless] Re: EAP-TLS authentication ]> ]> Hi, ]> ]> Not sure I understand the question, but you need a client that has EAP-TLS ]> support. Might be built-in (as in Windows XP), or an add-on (for most ]other ]> OSes). ]> ]> For Windows XP and the free MS add-on for W2K (and soon other Windows ]> platforms), you need a card with NDIS 5.1 drivers (so-called Windows XP ]> drivers). Other implementations (for Windows, Mas OS, and various Unix ]> systems) can have various requirements regarding the type of card, driver ]> version, kernel version, etc. The EAP part is really not very hard (you ]> just need to be able to receive and send Ethernet frames with a given ]> Ethertype), the only "difficult" part can be setting some of the ]parameters ]> in the card (especially the keys), and not all cards have very good ]> (public) APIs on all systems. ]> ]> This being said, I believe that even if most platforms have one or more ]> supplicants available (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, *BSD...), I have quite some ]> doubts about the "smaller" platforms, e.g. Pocket PC and Palms, but there ]> is no reason this cannot be added at some point, someone just needs to do ]> it. It might be interesting to see how a Palm with a 16 MHz processor will ]> handle public-key cryptography, though... ]> ]> Hope that helps, ]> ]> Jacques. ]> ]> At 14:37 14/11/2002, Bon sy wrote: ]> >Please pardon me for a question that may be obvious. ]> > ]> >What's the assumption on the OS and wireless cards for supporting EAL-TLS ]> >authentication. In other words, any standard compatibility issues on ]using ]> >any OS and wireless cards as xsupplicants? ]> > ]> >Thanks! ]> > ]> >Bon ]> ]> ]> -- Jacques Caron, IP Sector Technologies ]> Join the discussion on public WLAN open global roaming: ]> http://lists.ipsector.com/listinfo/openroaming ]> ]> ]> ]> --__--__-- ]> ]> Message: 3 ]> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:26:56 -0500 (EST) ]> From: Kevin Arima <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]> Subject: Re: [nycwireless] Re: EAP-TLS authentication ]> ]> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Jacques Caron wrote: ]> ]> > This being said, I believe that even if most platforms have one or more ]> > supplicants available (Windows, Mac OS, Linux, *BSD...), I have quite ]some ]> > doubts about the "smaller" platforms, e.g. Pocket PC and Palms, but ]there ]> > is no reason this cannot be added at some point, someone just needs to ]do ]> > it. It might be interesting to see how a Palm with a 16 MHz processor ]will ]> > handle public-key cryptography, though... ]> > ]> ]> The only time PKI or similar is involved is during the authentication ]> process and the rekeying process. As long as the device can handle ]> SSL-type transaction and store certificates (EAP-TLS requires client ]> certificates), then it shouldn't be a problem. ]> ]> Kevin "Starfox" Arima ]> ]> ]> ]> --__--__-- ]> ]> -- ]> NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ ]> Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ ]> Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ ]> ]> End of nycwireless Digest ]> ]-- ]NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ ]Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ ]Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ ] -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
