If the other person is on Windows then he won't be able to connect to your wireless because of some encryption issues. However, sometimes a ubuntu system is able to connect to a windows wireless network so you could try that. If he is on ubuntu also, it might be a problem about his or your wireless drivers. Broadcoam 802.11 is the hardware in some laptops so you could try googling about that in this case.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Mihir Mehta <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi people, > > I'd like to know how to make an ad hoc wireless network in Ubuntu 10.10, so > that I can share the internet connection with my roommate. I need to do this > because there is only one Ethernet port in my room, and it's annoying to be > only able to use the net one person at a time. > > I need to log into a http proxy server to connect to the Internet because > IITD provides internet access only over it. > > I have tried to connect using the wireless network option which is built > into NetworkManager, but somehow, the other person is never able to log into > the network even if the authentication password matches exactly. So, I'd > appreciate some specific tips on settings to be tweaked (security protocols > etc.), software to be installed, or even good tutorials to read (I haven't > been able to find them) etc. so that I can connect through an ad hoc > network. > > Thanks, > Mihir. > -- > Mihir Mehta, > B. Tech. student, > Department of Computer Science and Engineering, > Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer > -- Rajat Khandelwal SD 39 Satpura Hostel B.Tech. Comp. Sc. & Engg. 2nd year IIT Delhi -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
