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I am doing an installation with a number of macs sharing some information over a wireless computer-to-computer network. I am wondering if someone has found a way to create a computer-to-computer network when the computer boots up? Since the network is gone when the computers go to sleep or are shut down I am looking for a way to avoid making this network manually.

My plan is to start one computer first, have some sort of script to create the network, then boot the other computers which will then find the existing network. So far I have had no luck searching for applescript solutions, but it doesnt seem like it should be impossible?

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I am doing an installation with a number of macs sharing some information over a wireless computer-to-computer network. I am wondering if someone has found a way to create a computer-to-computer network when the computer boots up? Since the network is gone when the computers go to sleep or are shut down I am looking for a way to avoid making this network manually.
My plan is to start one computer first, have some sort of script to create the network, then boot the other computers which will then find the existing network. So far I have had no luck searching for applescript solutions, but it doesnt seem like it should be impossible?

creating-computer-to-computer-network-at-startup

If you are using Macs and you have a hub, I would think that

"automatic" network detection would just put each computer online when

it woke up. The same thing works equally for wireless or wired

networks. There is plenty of documentation at Apple and probably right

on your computer (the the Help Viewer, accessing it from the Network

If you are creating peer-to-peer netowrks without a hub the situation

is somewhat different, but also well-documented:

To create an AirPort network other users can join:

Open Network preferences and choose AirPort from the Show pop-up menu.

Click AirPort and make sure the "Allow this computer to create

Open Internet Connect and click the AirPort icon in the toolbar.

Choose Create Network from the Network pop-up menu. Give the network a

name and click Options to give the network a password.

You can also use the AirPort status icon in the menu bar to create a

And again, once you have the network set up, everything should connect

when it wakes up. Further docs on Apples web site. If you want to

verify network status from each computer in MaxMSP, try using OSC and

checking status after attempting to send a message to a remote

For mixed networks of MacOS/Win/Unix boxes, one computer acts as the

server, and by convention has IP address 192.168.2.1, and the others

have IP addresses off 192.168. The actually set up depends on which

computer acts as server. Macs have been using 10.0.1.1 as the server

address by default, but you can changes this manually--the "1.1"

termination identifies the server, in any case.

----- |(*,+,#,=)(#,=,*,+)(=,#,+,*)(+,*,=,#)| -----

If you are using Macs and you have a hub, I would think that
"automatic" network detection would just put each computer online when
it woke up. The same thing works equally for wireless or wired
networks. There is plenty of documentation at Apple and probably right
on your computer (the the Help Viewer, accessing it from the Network
pane in the System Preferences).

If you are creating peer-to-peer netowrks without a hub the situation
is somewhat different, but also well-documented:

Open Network preferences and choose AirPort from the Show pop-up menu.
Click AirPort and make sure the "Allow this computer to create
networks" checkbox is selected.

Choose Create Network from the Network pop-up menu. Give the network a
name and click Options to give the network a password.

You can also use the AirPort status icon in the menu bar to create a
Computer-to-Computer network.

And again, once you have the network set up, everything should connect
when it wakes up. Further docs on Apples web site. If you want to
verify network status from each computer in MaxMSP, try using OSC and
checking status after attempting to send a message to a remote
machine.

For mixed networks of MacOS/Win/Unix boxes, one computer acts as the
server, and by convention has IP address 192.168.2.1, and the others
have IP addresses off 192.168. The actually set up depends on which
computer acts as server. Macs have been using 10.0.1.1 as the server
address by default, but you can changes this manually--the "1.1"
termination identifies the server, in any case.

-----   |(*,+,#,=)(#,=,*,+)(=,#,+,*)(+,*,=,#)|   -----


thanks, but I think you have misinterpreted my post. I needed a way for a computer-to-computer network to be created automatically at startup. If you put all computers in a computer-to-computer network to sleep, they have no network to connect to when they wake up again.

I will probably follow an offlist advice to use a wireless router, it is the safest and easiest solution.

thanks, but I think you have misinterpreted my post. I needed a way for a computer-to-computer network to be created automatically at startup. If you put all computers in a computer-to-computer network to sleep, they have no network to connect to when they wake up again.
I will probably follow an offlist advice to use a wireless router, it is the safest and easiest solution.

returning to this, i'm looking into the same thing, to run a mac mini over an ipad. Have found two potential avenues...

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2008081808383349

http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=25536

anyone else find any solutions to the goal of automatically creating an adhoc network on startup, so that the ipad can be used for a vnc connection...?

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2008081808383349
http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=25536

anyone else find any solutions to the goal of automatically creating an adhoc network on startup, so that the ipad can be used for a vnc connection...?


came across some nice automator scripts, very convenient, just as i was looking into startup scripting to secure an ad-hoc network, here's a solution...

http://blog.dubspot.com/automator-video-tutorial/

creating computer-to-computer network at startup?