Aug 20 2007
creating an ad-hoc network
After you’ve done the initial steps, it’s a matter of clicking the small world icon and selecting your ad-hoc network to begin hosting one at any time 
Click on the menu and go to Tools > Control Panel > Connectivity.
Click the Connections button. Click New. Click Next. Name your network. Select WLAN as Connection type. Click no to “Scan for WLAN networks?”. Fill in ssid (anything is fine!) Uncheck ‘Network is hidden’, select Ad-Hoc for network mode. Security Method: None.
Click next > Advanced. In the IP Addresses tab uncheck Auto-retrieve IP address and put in:
IP address: 169.254.1.5
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Router 169.254.1.1
Click OK.
Click the globe icon/select connection and your new network should show up!
Im assuming other Nokias could see eachother this way but I only have one, can’t test that. I did get my wireless linux laptop to connect pretty easily from the command line like so:
ifdown wlan0
ifconfig wlan0 169.254.1.9
iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
iwconfig wlan0 essid <yourssid>
iwconfig wlan0 channel 1
ifconfig wlan0 up
ssh works better over this connection than the router’s. Hmmmmm…..
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