wireless networking - Are there any wifi bridges which can automatically establish / re-establish an ad-hoc network connection?
2014-07
Jon Cage
I have a device which uses an ad-hoc network to provide access to it's services. That works fine when you're connecting to it via a laptop, but is there any way we could bridge that ad-hoc connectivity to make it available to 1 or more clients on a wired LAN?
I've been googing around the subject for a while but haven't found anything which suggests the general COTS routers you can buy for £20-100 support anything like this (or I'm using the wrong search terms).
TripShock
Is it necessary for all the participating nodes in a wireless ad-hoc network to be in the vicinity of each other?
Suppose there are three nodes, all connected to the same ad-hoc network (configured explicitly): A, B, C. If A is too far from C to be within wireless range, but is close to B, can it communicate to C via B?
Will every node broadcast frames that it can see but are not addressed to it?
CesarB
IBSS networks (which is what people usually mean by ad-hoc networks) do not do forwarding.
For that, you need a mesh network (like 802.11s, which is still a draft standard).
John T
Depending on where node A is, it will pick a node to act as it's access point (like a router in a regular wireless setup).This access point will forward data for node A if A cannot access it locally.