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On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 17:34 +0000, Alexis wrote: > 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. You don't make a wireless card visible to other PC's, it just needs to connect to the AccessPoint - the router generally. The router grants an IP address to the card just as it grants an IP to each computer connecting to the router using ethernet. To connect to the router, each Windows box needs a wireless card or cabled ethernet connection to the same router. Is the router configured to enable the AP? If your router has enabled the AP and wireless card cannot see it in Ubuntu, then the card is not configured properly (no matter how it may look or what lights may or may not be showing). > > 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! A wireless card needs an access point - end of story. You don't connect wireless cards to other computers directly, the AP must be supported by whatever is providing the rest of the networking in your home - usually the broadband router. If that does not support wireless, you need to buy a new router. If it does support wireless, go into the configuration interface for the router (see the manual, each one is v.different) and enable it. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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