A few months ago, I wrote an article about Windows Vista's ability to form ad hoc networks using the IPv6 protocol. Since that time, I have received a considerable amount of email from readers who are ...

Intel on Monday demonstrated what may be the largest wireless ad-hoc network ever set up, as part of a discussion of its research and development efforts. Such networks, which can be formed and ...

Neighbor discovery is a fundamental process in wireless sensor and ad hoc networks, enabling nodes to locate one another, establish connectivity and support higher-layer protocols. This process is ...

A wireless network that transmits from computer to computer. Instead of using a central base station (access point) to which all computers must communicate, this peer-to-peer mode of operation can ...

Decentralized ad hoc networks, the kind we’re likely to see more of as IoT use increases, could self-discover their network size by copying ant colony behavior Ants figure out details related to the ...

Unlike most wireless local area networks, or WLANs, which use a router to provide network connectivity to wireless-capable computers in the area, an ad hoc network does not have a central access point ...

Microsoft may have buried a wireless networking feature in Windows 7 Starter, the edition installed on most netbooks, but it did not actually disable the ad hoc wireless feature, as the firm’s ...

An ad hoc network consists of one or more computers that are interconnected, but don't need a centralized access point, such as a router, to transfer data back and forth. Ad hoc networks are ideal for ...

Strange question here, but does anyone know of any access points that are capable of creating/joining an AD-HOC SSID? I have a strange application where I have a device with zero configuration ...