* elflord woods wrote: > I have two laptops running linux and openbsd, both with a working > wireless card. > > I am wondering if i can connect these two computers directly and > communicate between each other wirelessly > > I'm a network nut and have no idea if this is possible. > Thanks
this is possible and it is easy. give both machines a (different) IP address within the same net. which parts of the IP addresses are consider "the net" depends on the netmask. for simplicity, choose the following values, e.g.: netmask 255.255.255.0 on both machines broadcast address 192.168.1.255 on both machines host A IP address 192.168.1.1 host B IP address 192.168.1.2 you configure the network using the ifconfig command (enter it without any options to see the list of available interfaces). Once setup, you ping the other host using these (private) IP addresses. Good luck, there is a lot information in the man pages and in the FAQ, go read it if you run into trouble.
