On Wed 24 Mar 2021 at 17:49:11 (-0400), Cmdte Alpha Tigre Z wrote: > El mié, 24 mar 2021 a las 16:42, Brian (<a...@cityscape.co.uk>) escribió: > > On Wed 24 Mar 2021 at 20:20:59 +0000, Joe wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:08:43 -0500 David Wright wrote: > > > > > > > > A new N600 dual band router can be had for $30 at Walmart. > > > > I don't know how easy it is to initially configure it without > > > > an ethernet connection to one of the LAN ports, but that problem > > > > can be considered solved by the quotation above (from a couple > > > > of years back). > > > > > > For the record, many modern routers provide a URL to reach the admin > > > page, so as long as wifi and DHCP are enabled out of the box, and they > > > all do that, there's no need to mess about with IP addresses and > > > cabling at all. > > > > [...] > > > > I am pleased you are supporting the advice I gave. Setting up one > > computer [a]s an AP with DHCP is interesting but not exactly a walk > > in the park. > > I agree too. Using a router would be a very easy way to set up > an ad-hoc network.
Take care with your terminology (unless this was some sort of joke). The idea of buying a router is to *avoid* having to set up an ad-hoc network. Routers are designed to be APs and run a DHCP server OOTB, whereas laptops are not. The debian-installer is designed to make connecting to such an AP very straightforward. (Of course, this might be all too conventional.) Cheers, David.