How to create a wireless between two laptops
 

I have two laptops both with wlan cards. can i get LaptopA to create a wireless network so LaptopB can connect to it. The idea being so that can ssh, ftp between them


My current network manager is wicd

thanks in advance

Either both of the cards must support “ad-hoc” mode (NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC for modern kernel drivers), both must support mesh mode (NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT), or at least one must support master/ap mode (NL80211_IFTYPE_AP).

For ad-hoc mode, it’s pretty much like connecting two machines by ethernet cross-over cable. For master mode, you will need the hostapd userspace daemon. I don’t know how mesh-points work, but it’s probably similar to ad-hoc with the addition of some userspace helper.

You can do it in ad-hoc mode ,most of the Wireless adapters available in the market support ad-hoc mode.