hello,

I am setting up a wireless Ad-Hoc network manually in linux using iwconfig and ifconfig. I have gotten everything working, and I think I understand it all except access point.

The part that confused me is this:

If I have essid='some_id', channel=11, Mode=Ad-Hoc and appropriate routing/ip on both laptops, why do I need to make sure the Cell is the same? I was under the impression that Ad-Hoc worked independently of the access point.

I can easily get around this, I just use iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:00:00:00:00:01

Why is this necessary? I've been unable to find a good tutorial on this. If anyone can clear this up I'd appreciate it.

Thanks