How to create a wireless between two laptops

deathalele · 06-29-2009, 04:45 PM

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

osor · 06-29-2009, 07:32 PM

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.

sijugk · 06-30-2009, 12:09 AM

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