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[Adam Tauno Williams <adamtaunowilliams@xxxxxxxxx>]

> >>>>Well, I plan to make those notebook as a testbed for Linux HA (High
> >>>>Availability), so, just be able to ping each other is enough.
> >>>Okay, that should be easy enough.
> >>>So, in both instances you are setting up notebooks that are going
> >>>through a router?  If not, you need a router - either one of the
> >>>notebooks, or another device/computer.
> >>Kai, you missed the topic of his thread.  He wants to use just two
> >>notebooks, no router stuff, no Access Point.
> >>Adhoc should do this.  Disclaimer: I've never tried it on Linux but
> >>it does work on windows.
> > AFAIK, it couldn't be done - unless - one of the notebooks acts as a
> >router. I've never been able to do it successfully - in Windows or
> >otherwise.

It works - BUT - both the wireless chipset AND driver have to support
ad-hoc mode.  Some chips don't, many driver's don't.

You need to research that first.

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