Wireless "crossover cable"?

[Duane Attaway]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Leo Mauler wrote:

> My question is: is there a way to connect just two computers together 
> with wireless (probably 802.11b) without a wireless AP between the two 
> of them?

There are about three simple command line instructions to enable ad-hoc 
communications.  After you set the card's radio, its treated just like an 
ethernet card with ifconfig.  Its a very simple type of link and works 
well.  I used it for years before I knew what an access point was.

iwconfig eth0 mode ad-hoc
iwconfig eth0 essid mynetwork