Simple, Cross Platform P2P File Sharing via 802.11b?

Posted by Cliff on Monday August 26, 2002 @03:55PM from the wireless-communications-without-the-TCP/IP-hassle dept.

apago asks: "I travel alot on business and always need to exchange files with other people. We are always trying to figure out the best way to link two or more PC or Mac systems together. I carry regular and crossover cables and a small hub. Even then everyone has to configure a temp. IP address or have someone running a DHCP server. Most of these people have wireless 802.11b capability. Is there a way to share files between OSs using 802.11b without having to configure a temporary network setup? The autodiscovery and configuration of Bluetooth and ZeroConf sound like a good start. I like the easy of use of P2P apps." Does 802.11b need a TCP/IP stack to work? Could a low-profile stack, designed around ease-of-use, be used instead (all you would need to connect to the network would be the SSID, for example)?

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IPv6 == magic bullet by Anonymous Coward · 2002-08-26 16:14 · Score: 2, Funny

As everyone who pays attention to smart people knows, all networking problems disappear when you install the magic IPv6. Just get on any IRC chatroom, and ask a networking question, and ask "how would I deal with this under IPv6" ? smart people will explain at length that your problem doesn't exist by definition in IPv6.

So toss out you cross over cables and expensive wireless cards and drink the kool aid. Install IPv6 and you won't WANT those other guy's files ! (Because they are applications that only understand IPv4, of course.)

Dumb people like me, well, let me introduce you to my null modem cable and cute little program called laplink, which apparently anticipated IPv6's functionality by a mere decade . . .