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O.P. Huh?  Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
At the moment i have a regular 100mb wired only router/modem. But i recently got a new laptop, so i was wanting to do a wireless network on the cheap, so i got a WiFi N USB dongle. And my laptop has an inbuilt Wireless N adapter (Intel Wireless 5100).

The problem is, one of the devices (or both) can only do 802.11b/g ad hoc networking.... And i would like to fully utilise my network speeds and coverage....

So my question is, is there any way to "trick" the network into being a regular structural one? I’m very aware that it is most likely that i WONT be able to do this.... But if anyone has any ideas/tips, i am quite willing to hear them out :)

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At the moment to get the internet to run through it, i had to bridge my regular connection (ethernet port) with my USB dongle (its a RTL8129U)

The Realtek config utility that came with it doesnt quite work.... Ive had to create a "temporary ad hoc"connection in Windows 7 (they both are using Windows 7)  in order to get anything working....

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RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
can't you broadcast a wireless signal from the dongle and have the machine it's attached to act as a wireless switch?

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O.P. RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
Well that’s what I’m attempting to do.... It’s the how that’s not quite working.....

At the moment to get the internet to run through it, i had to bridge my regular connection (ethernet port) with my USB dongle (its a RTL8129U)

The Realtek config utility that came with it doesnt quite work.... Ive had to create a "temporary ad hoc"connection in Windows 7 (they both are using Windows 7)  in order to get anything working....

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RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
buy a wireless router !?
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O.P. RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
That would work. But I’m not going to be at my current residence for much longer, and where I’m going i can’t bring my router. So i would like to avoid that.....
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RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
lol well I haven't used windows for quite a while. I said something in one of the macvspc arguments that it was easy to do on osx, someone responded saying it was easy to do on windows also
so well it should be possible
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O.P. RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
Im fairly sure thats just for an ad hoc network....
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RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
it basically turns my macbook into an access point anyone can connect to it with out any configuration. Just like a wireless access point, they can all play lan games via it too :), it's not just device to device

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O.P. RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
Yeah, its auto config access point. But the problem is, to the hardware its still an ad hoc. My hardware, see's any ad hoc type network and switchs to b/g. Im needing some n speeds and coverage. Mostly the coverage though....
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RE: Is it possible to "trick" an ad hoc network into being a structural?
My suggestion would still be with the wireless router. Buy one, turn off the DHCP, and connect it to your current router using the switch ports on both routers. Nothing is stopping you from taking a router to a new residence and running it like this except for politics.. in which case It's easier to play stupid and beg for forgiveness if/when the find out.
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