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On 07/12/14 19:10, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I am just starting to do the first steps in configuring WLAN. |
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> The problem is: This topic seems to be rich of terms, which I |
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> dont know yet how to evaluate: AP, WAP, WEP, FSK...and dozens more. |
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> Since my use case is very limited I want to configure "just that" |
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> without being urged to achieve my master degree of WLANism after |
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> studying everything this topic consists of only to recognize that |
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> I only need to know about...say...2% of it. |
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> Background: I have two little Linux boards (Arietta G25) with |
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> a RT5370 Wireless Adapter each. |
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> I want to make both able to communicate with each other beside |
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> being able to use the ethernet-over-USB connection to enable |
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> the communication with/to my PC. |
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> The whole thing should be only accessible from the Ariettas. The PC |
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> will not have an wifi adapter. |
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look into "wifi ad-hoc mode" [1] |
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and in the handbook [2] |
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and if you are feeling like you will have more than two devices you |
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might like to look at the batman-adv project [3] |
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[1] |
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https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-274790-highlight-adhoc+wireless.html |
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[2] https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=4&chap=4 |
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[3] http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki/Quick-start-guide |
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> Would be nice, if both could be configured/setup symmetrically, so |
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> no client-server relationship or something hierachical like that is |
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> needed. |
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> I cannot use any GUI application to configure the whole stuff since |
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> the Ariettas dont have enough horsepower to do that, I think. Beside |
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> that, compiling big things like QT or X11 on the Arietta will take |
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> a super long time...if it wiil not break due to the lack of enough RAM. |
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> Is there any name or terminus technicus for that what I want to |
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> do? |
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> Thank you very mcuh in advance for any help! |
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> Best regards, |
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> Meino |
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