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Re: [LUG] wireless frustration

 

On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 17:34 +0000, Alexis wrote:
> I wonder if anyone in the group can further my understanding, or
> something like that.
> 
> I've been trying to set up an ad-hoc wireless network with my wife's
> laptop, just for the sake of actually being able to do it really.  I
> managed after a great deal of messing about to do it in windows (hers
> has XP mine has Vista (which is vile evil demon spawn btw phut! phut!)).
> I've got my (Broadcom) wireless card working natively in Ubuntu (it can
> detect other networks but I haven't figured out how to make it visible
> yet) though it's not fully supported yet.
> 
> Basically I'll be happy if I can get the XP machine to see this one now
> but beyond putting the card in ad-hoc mode and providing an essid I'm
> really stumped.  We use wired ethernet for internet and file sharing so
> don't have a wireless access point to test against. So, help please!
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> Alexis

I'm guessing you also don't have a router with wireless built-in either?
That'd make life a lot easier.

Grant.


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