1) You'll want to set the cards up in Ad Hoc Mode. 2) You'll need a crossover cable and will have to set both machines to IP addresses on the same subnet. 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 should work well.
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 08:36:18PM -0600, Jon Beck wrote: > > Starting tomorrow, I'll have a wireless network access PCMCIA card to > play with for a couple of days in my Gateway laptop running RedHat 7.3. > It's an Orinoco card (I think I remember correctly). > > The specific goal is to talk to a Mac OS-X box laptop built-in > wireless networking. Just the two laptops talking together, not > connected to the outside world or to an access point. I've been told > this can be done. Anyone have any pointers on how to do it? I have > sucked down Jean Tourrilhes' Wireless HOWTO and am reading through it, > butg I won't have a chance to use the card before I'm out of contact > with the Internet. Thus the request for advice. > > The backup plan if the wireless cards won't talk is to patch the > Ethernet ports together directly, without using a hub. I've been > told this can also be done. Again, any pointers? > > TIA for any advice. > > -- > Jon Beck, PhD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Assoc Professor, Computer Science 2162 Violette Hall > Truman State University 660-785-7233 > Kirksville, MO 63501 http://vh216202.truman.edu/ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with Subject: unsubscribe > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > -- -- Benjamin Story () Join the ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML email and Microsoft-specific /\ attachments. If I wanted to read HTML, I would have visited your website! Support open standards. ----------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: unsubscribe -----------------------------------------------------------------
