Setting Up Ad Hoc in Windows for Use with Ubuntu and iPod Touch

I finally decided to write about setting up ad hoc in Windows, since I’ve done it several times already and forget how to do it every time. You can think of this note as a reminder to myself.

Yes, I’m still too stingy to buy a new router with Wi-Fi support…. :)

Setting Up Windows

Make sure your Wi-Fi device supports ad hoc. You can do this in “Device Manager” (Win+Pause/Break -> Hardware -> Device Manager): find your device, open its properties, and look for an ad hoc option. If it isn’t there, read the manual for your computer/Wi-Fi card, etc.

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Now open “Network Connections” (see the picture above), right-click “Local Area Connection”, select “Properties”, and go to the “Advanced” tab. Then check “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection” (see the picture below).

Now click “OK”, right-click “Wireless Network Connection”, select “Properties”, and open “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties”. Set “IP address” to “192.168.0.1” and “Subnet mask” to “255.255.255.0”, then click “OK”.

Now go to the “Wireless Networks” tab and click “Add”. Then, as shown in the picture, enter an SSID name of your choice, set “Network Authentication” to “Shared” and “Data encryption” to WEP, and enter your network key.

Everything is ready now. Start “Wireless Network Connection” and move on to setting up Ubuntu/iPod.

Setting Up Ubuntu

Open “Network Connections”, click “Add”, and fill in the fields: use the SSID we specified earlier, set Mode to “Ad-hoc”, and move on to the next tab.

Now we’re on the “IPv4 Settings” tab. Add an address (click “Add”) and enter:

• IP address: 192.168.0.4
• Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
• Gateway: 192.168.0.1

And enter the DNS server address: 192.168.0.1.

Now go to the “Wireless Security” tab and specify the encryption type and the key itself.

Setting Up iPod Touch

It’s much simpler here. Open the iPod settings, then Wi-Fi:

If the network you created isn’t listed, tap “Other…” and enter the details. Enter your SSID as the name, set “Security” to WEP, and enter the password for our network.

Now tap the network we created and go to the “Static” tab. Enter the details as shown in the screenshot, namely:

• IP Address: 192.168.0.3
• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
• Router: 192.168.0.1
• DNS: 192.168.0.1

Well, that’s it. If something doesn’t work, leave a comment—I’ll help and add to the article.