In article <48c170ca$0$4637$426a74cc@news.free.fr>,
wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Could anybody help me connect my two laptops through WIFI?
>
> Each has a functional WIFI card (drivers loaded and OK, if I do
>
> iwlist $INTERFACE scanning
>
> on both computers, I see the nearby access point).
>
> One has an atheros chpiset card, I configure it with
>
> modprobe ath_pci
> wlanconfig ath0 destroy
> wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode adhoc
> iwconfig ath0 rate 54M channel 10 essid "airforce-one" key "s:***" mode Ad-Hoc
> ifconfig ath0 up 192.168.1.3
>
> and the other (which has an intel chipset card) with
>
> iwconfig wlan0 rate 54M channel 10 essid "airforce-one" key "s:***" mode Ad-Hoc
> ifconfig ath0 up 192.168.1.4
>
> When I try to ping one from the other, nothing happens (I get "Network
> Unreachable" errors).
>
> Any hint? Thanks!

If you want to connect them only to each other, I can't help you. But,
if you want to associate each to the router, here's how I did mine:

In the file /etc/network/interfaces I have:

....
iface eth2 inet dhcp

wireless-essid RouterSSID
wireless-key RouterKey

(eth2 is my wireless interface)

You can add a line "auto eth2" if you want it to start on boot. If you
don't have DHCP, scrap the "dhcp" and add

address put.your.address.here
netmask put.your.netmask.here
gateway put.your.gateway.here

Not sure where. I have a commented-out version directly following the
"auto eth1" line.

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Hactar wrote:
> If you want to connect them only to each other, I can't help you. But,
> if you want to associate each to the router, here's how I did mine:

Yes, I want them to talk to each other directly, that's why I put them in
Ad-Hoc mode. One of them (the one that's hooked to the internet through an
ethernet cable) will later as a router for the other.

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