Ad Hoc is a term used mainly for wireless, I have never heard it used for a
cabled network! LOL
Ad hoc computer network
Main article: Mobile ad-hoc network
Ad hoc is a network connection method which is most often associated with
wireless devices. The connection is established for the duration of one
session and requires no base station. Instead, devices discover others
within range to form a network for those computers. Devices may search for
target nodes that are out of range by flooding the network with broadcasts
that are forwarded by each node. Connections are possible over multiple
nodes (multihop ad hoc network). Routing protocols then provide stable
connections even if nodes are moving around. Sony's PlayStation Portable
uses ad hoc connections for wireless multiplayer gaming, as does the
Nintendo DS (although Nintendo does not officially use the term).
Technically, all of the Game Boys used this method for linking up to each
other in a wired (Game Link Cable) or wireless (Game Boy Color IR Port)
mode.
See IEEE 802.11, Bluetooth, or ultra-wide band. The alternative is
infrastructure, with a base station that manages the network for its range.
The theory behind ad hoc networks falls within the Distributed Transient
Network-paradigm.
The term ad hoc network can also refer to an independent basic service set
(IBSS).
"Mick Murphy" <
MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com>wrote in message
Quote
You can also set up an Ad Hoc Network with a crossover cable, not patch
cable.
"PDQ1977" wrote:
>Thanx to everyone that posted to help me with my HP/Vista problems.
>Nothing
>seemed to work, since this computer is less than a week old and still
>under
>warranty, I'm taking it back to the store. My new question I need to
>trnasfer my personl files off this computer and to my old XP laptop
>beforee I
>return it. Can I reverse transfer my files from vista to XP with my
>transfer
>cable. I need to move 11 gb of data and I'm trying to find a way other
>than
>several 2 gb jump drive transfers. Help someone.
>Thanx
-
