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Hi, I have put up my Ad-Hoc Wireless howto on the Wiki @ http://www.wlug.org.nz/AdHoc I can establish an Ad-Hoc link but cannot access the computers or use Internet. Probably something blinding simply. Have spent weeks Googling, Wardriving etc but can only so far see APs not log on. I suspect it maybe DHCP, have been trying to get DHCPd going but cannot yet! Tried info on Wiki and Google. Any help appreciated. TIA Bill Rosoman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Probably something blinding simply. Have spent weeks Googling, Wardriving etc but can only so far see APs not log on.
Perhaps you should test this, legally, in the comfort of your own home, instead of in a method that seems very much like it breaches our shiny new Crimes Act? Craig
--- Craig Box <craig(a)dubculture.co.nz> wrote:
Probably something blinding simply. Have spent weeks Googling, Wardriving etc but can only so far see APs not log on.
Perhaps you should test this, legally, in the comfort of your own home, instead of in a method that seems very much like it breaches our shiny new Crimes Act?
No Never, I mean I was using the BP/Reach Public APs and the 5 public ones on Hamwan wireless site. Though I do confess to finding a couple of others LOL. I am also trying to get it to work at home. _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
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Probably something blinding simply. Have spent weeks Googling, Wardriving etc but can only so far see APs not log on.
How can you "see" the AP? (ie, how are you trying to observe it) Have you given it an IP address in the same subnet as your network cards?
I suspect it maybe DHCP, have been trying to get DHCPd going but cannot yet! Tried info on Wiki and Google.
Forget dhcp for now, if you haven't gotten it working. You've not really explained the setup of your network. I assume you are doing something like this: Windows Computer ---- ethernet --- switch ---- ethernet --- AP --- wireless -- laptop. With perhaps a crossover between your windows computer and the AP instead of a switch. IS this correct? Manually assign IP addresses to your windows computer and to the AP (it should have software to let you do this). Do the same for your laptop, making sure to assign it to the wireless interface. I'd recommend something like: windows: 192.168.0.1 laptop (wireless interface): 192.168.0.2 AP: 192.168.0.253 All will have a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Seeing as you've talked about wireless channels and ESSIDs and being able to "See" the AP, I assume the actual wireless side of things is ok. To test connectivity, ping the AP and the windows box from your laptop. At a command line on the laptop, type ping -c 3 192.168.0.253 and press enter. This should either show a response (and give a round-trip time in some fraction of seconds) or show some error message such as 'Destination Host Unreachable'. If you can ping the AP, try pinging the windows box (192.168.0.1). If this all works ok, then you have a wireless network set up and working. Using the internet from your laptop is another matter entirely, and I suspect part of the problem you have been facing is that you have attempted two tasks that are both fairly tricky for new users! On an aside, Ad-hoc mode refers specifically to the situation where you are not using an AP. If you have an AP in the equation, you're actually setting up a 'managed' or 'infrastructure' mode wireless lan. Daniel
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