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How to create an Ad-hoc Network in Ubantu?

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http://lpilinux.com – To successfully share your connection you’ll need to set up the ad-hoc wireless network from scratch. Besides an active wired internet connection at the time of setup, here’s what you’ll need: Network Manager 0.7 or later release dnsmasq-base installed; a DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server NetworkManager comes pre-installed with all Ubuntu releases since 8.10 so the only installation requirement should be that of dnsmasq-base; you can install easi (HowTos)

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Submitted by dayu on 04/10/2010 – Made popular on 04/10/2010

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