Simultaneous wireless ad hoc and infrastructure mode

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Simultaneous wireless ad hoc and infrastructure mode

Hi

When I set up an ad-hoc wireless connection on my Macbook Air, this has the effect of disconnecting from my wifi connection to my router. Is it possible to set this up in a way where I can have both an ad-hoc connection AND remain connected via the wireless router at the same time? I thought that the wireless networking on the Macbook was dual-band and would therefore allow this, or have I mis-understood?

Thanks in advance.

Phil.

Macbook Air 11 inch, Mac OS X (10.6.5), Iphone 3GS

Posted on Dec 5, 2010 11:33 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 5, 2010 12:10 PM in response to Phillip Ash

No, this is not possible. You can only be connected to one network at a time. You can connect to any 802.11a/b/g/n network but not multiples. Dual mode refers to the based station like the Airport Extreme. It can support a connection on 2.4GHz (802.11g for example) and 5GHz (802.11n).

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Rhyd

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Dec 5, 2010 12:51 PM in response to Phillip Ash

why do you want to use ad hoc and lan at the same time? Perhaps we can help.

You can use wifi and bluetooth at the same time for different connections or ethernet and wifi and bluetooth. These are the different network interfaces available to you.

What do you need?

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Answer 3

Dec 5, 2010 5:07 PM in response to Phillip Ash

This is not yet possible in OSX, although Bootcamp users can do this in Windows 7 via a software product called Connectify. I use this on my MBA 11 almost every day, and it allows me to connect multiple devices to my MBA.

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Phillip Ash Author

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Dec 6, 2010 9:12 AM in response to Rhyd

Hi

I use an eye-fi card that wirelessly transfers photos from my digital camera to my Macbook. When I'm at home, it does this over the wireless network. However, when I am not at home (e.g. on holiday and staying in a hotel) I will use an adhoc / direct wifi method of transfer. If I can also connect to the hotel wifi for web access, the eye-fi software will enable me to geotag the photos and also upload a backup copy of the photos online automatically. It's not a major issue if I can't do this, but just a nice to have if I can do so easily.

Thanks,

Phil.

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