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On Friday, November 15, 2002, at 12:46 PM, Daniel Thor Kristjansson wrote:
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.
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