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 ...

What is an Adhoc Network? An ad hoc network is a temporary, self-organising wireless network where devices connect directly to each other without needing a central hub or existing infrastructure like ...

Point-to-point computer networks contain two or more computers connected to each other using a wireless network adapter. These connections are also known as "ad-hoc" networks. There are many uses for ...

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 ...

An “ad-hoc” wireless network that probes the strength of connections before configuring itself could make it easier for cellphone users to hop smoothly between different open networks during calls. Ad ...

In this era of Facebook, Twitter and the iPhone, it is easy to take for granted our ability to connect to the world. Yet communication is most critical precisely at those times when the communications ...

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 ...