direct wireless (ad-hoc) between OSX Tiger and windows

I was hoping to be able to network my PCs via wireless. Since I don't have enough money for a wireless switch I bought an Aztech USB wireless adapter. Unfortunately it was not an easy task (and I only get 11mbs from the ad-hoc network but that's another story).

It took quite a while tinkering to eventually stumble on a solution.

The problem was that the builtin Mac wireless was not able to join a network (not for me anyways). But eventually I got the windows PC to join the Mac network. Here's how I did it.

Ensure there is no network with the ID that you want to use eg 'booger'. I then create a new network connection via 'system preferences'.



















Choose 'network' then 'network port configurations'


then create a new network based on airport


now choose the new network


manually set the ip address


now open the 'network status'


now select the new network and press connect


now create a new wireless network


now press the 'network:' tab and 'create network' then set an ad-hoc network name and add a password

now you can connect to it via windows.

you could now ping from the Mac or Windows assuming you don't have a restrictive firewall.