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Correct - we have a fairly old 4-Hub (re-branded Solwise) wired router. On Wed, 2008-01-02 at 23:10 +0000, Grant Sewell wrote: > 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. > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html