Thread: Ad-hoc network Connection Problems? (beyond ping)

been trying out ad-hoc networking small project have on go @ work, in testing phase netbook , laptop. both machines running custom xubuntu based distro wicd networking, although commands done on cli. no wireless security @ stage due testing.

these 2 machines standalone , not connected other network or internet, connected each other wirelessly admin , file transfer

following wiki https://help.ubuntu.com/community/wifidocs/adhoc & http://www.ubuntugeek.com/creating-a...th-ubuntu.html have set ad-hoc network on subnet 192.254.34.x, netbook on 192.254.34.1 , laptop on 192.254.34.2, using these commands:

code:

sudo service wicd stop sudo ip link set wlan0 down sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc sudo iwconfig wlan0 channel 4 sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "standalone" sudo ip link set wlan0 sudo ip addr add 192.254.34.x/16 dev wlan0

i see same cell on each pc

can ping each pc other (although netbook keeps dropping ip address have tell again, ping).

when try ssh (both pcs have ssh client , server installed) connection closed or no route host response, though can ping before , after.

wiki takes far ping, have missed something? , how stop netbook dropping ip address?

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