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 > I would suggest you to get this http://cgi.ebay.in/Cisco-Linksys-Wireless-G-Series-Router-WRT54GH-/260757549290?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item3cb65c70ea#ht_3814wt_1141 <http://cgi.ebay.in/Cisco-Linksys-Wireless-G-Series-Router-WRT54GH-/260757549290?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item3cb65c70ea#ht_3814wt_1141> -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Regards* *Rahul Gaur* irc : iamaregee2 blog : aregee.wordpress.com fb: http://facebook.com/iamaregee -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
