Wireless out of the box

[Kevin Freeman]

On Sun, 2004-11-14 at 09:49 -0600, Bill Gradwohl wrote:
> Said another way, I'm looking to eliminate a box (access point) because 
> I need wireless connectivity aboard a small boat. The idea is to have 
> one regular PC (or laptop) running FC3 contain a wireless nic, and that 
> nic IS the access point to allow one or more other devices (laptops, 
> PC's, etc) access to that servers samba shares, etc.
> 
> The dlink site suggests its possible( 
> http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=308 ), but I'd like to know if 
> its possible under FC3. On that page the statement :
> Like all D-Link wireless adapters, the DWL-G510 can be used in Ad-Hoc 
> mode to connect directly with other 2.4GHz wireless computers for 
> peer-to-peer file sharing ...
> is what I'm referring to.

Ad-hoc mode is not the same as acting as an access point.  In ad-hoc
mode, all wireless devices connect to each other simultaneously.  In AP
mode each device connects only to an access point.  Most if not all of
the linux wireless drivers support ad-hoc mode, which should be
sufficient for your requirements.

Kevin Freeman