[Gllug] Wireless networking

[Bruce Richardson]

On 25/03/02, 16:26:04, John Southern <john at livepublishing.co.uk> wrote 
regarding Re: [Gllug] Wireless networking:


> > In your situation, if just want to use two cards to connect 2 PCs, ad-hoc
> > is probably what you want anyway. Just grab a pair of PCMCIA cards and a
> > PCMCIA/PCI card for your PC and you're off.

> Probably a stupid question, but -
> What is the advantage of a base station compared to just using the
> PCMCIA cards?

Mostly that it can act as a gateway to a physical lan.  Or as an internet 
router.  As could your laptop, of course, but the whole point of the 
wireless card is normally to allow your laptop to roam, not to tie it 
into the network.

-- 

Bruce


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