{"id":26701,"date":"2011-12-20T14:39:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T19:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=26701"},"modified":"2011-12-20T14:39:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T19:39:43","slug":"windows-secrets-newsletter-setting-up-a-short-term-ad-hoc-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-secrets-newsletter-setting-up-a-short-term-ad-hoc-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Secrets Newsletter: Setting up a short-term ad hoc net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110126windowssecrets.jpg\" alt=\"windows secrets\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Fred Langa\/Windows Secrets Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>When you need a quick way to share files between two Windows PCs that aren\u2019t normally connected, an ad hoc wireless network is the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>Everything you need is already built into Windows 7, Vista, and XP. Here\u2019s how to set up an ad hoc network on wireless PCs.<\/p>\n<p>The Latin phrase ad hoc means for this. It refers to a technique or process that\u2019s designed for a very specific purpose \u2014 often, a short-term goal. Microsoft describes an ad hoc network this way in the Windows 7 Help file:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn ad hoc network is a temporary connection between computers and devices used for a specific purpose, such as sharing documents during a meeting or playing multiplayer computer games. You can also temporarily share an Internet connection with other people on your ad hoc network, so those people don\u2019t have to set up their own Internet connections. Ad hoc networks can only be wireless, so you must have a wireless network adapter installed in your computer to set up or join an ad hoc network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ad hoc networks can be very handy. I recently set one up when I was traveling and needed to transfer a massive number of large digital photos from a netbook to my more capacious laptop system. An ad hoc network let my PCs communicate directly with each other, via Wi-Fi, without having to involve any extra hardware at all (no cables, routers, access points, and so on). I did not have to connect to the Internet and laboriously upload the photos from one PC and then download them to the other.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, an ad hoc network is much faster than using a flash drive or some other sneakernet option for transferring large collections of files or data. Simply put, when you need to move files between two (or more) PCs that are not otherwise networked, an ad hoc connection is a great tool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/windowssecrets.com\/top-story\/setting-up-a-temporary-ad-hoc-network\/?utm_source=PCPitstop&#038;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s the rest of the story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with permission from Windows Secrets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110126windowssecrets.jpg\" alt=\"windowssecrets_screen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-6330 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An ad hoc wireless network is a quick way to share files between two 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