Re: wifi setup (again)



On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:10:45 +0100, ajp wrote:

I want to get a laptop to communicate with my server and this is where my
ignorance of wifi shows - I got a Netgear AR5212 NIC for the server and a
WG511T card for the laptop on the assumption that I should be able to set
up comms between the two without the need for a wireless access point (in
the same way I'd use a crossover RJ45 cable).

Set the time, pain and suffering of making ad-hoc do anything useful
against the $50 that an AP will cost.
.



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