[NCLUG] Setting up ad-hoc wireless?

[Marcio Luis Teixeira]

Hi there,

I recently purchased another Lucent WaveLAN 801.11b card* and I want to set up 
wireless networking in my home. The idea is that one card goes in my laptop, 
the other goes in my firewall to act as an "access point." My question, is 
there are good how-to's that address the specific topic of setting up 
wireless networks in ad-hoc mode?

At this point I'm not particularly concerned about securing the network. In 
fact, eventually I would like to set it up so people who try to get on my 
network get redirected to my web page or something (A wireless home page! 
Woohoo!), but that's a project for another day.

My current goal is to get it to work at all. Is it as simple as putting both 
cards in ad-hoc mode and assigning them an IP address? Are there any issues 
to contend with?

Marcio Luis Teixeira


* Actually, I bought six WaveLAN -- one for me, five to resell -- anyone wanna 
buy one? Just $50 each :)