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Name: - Puja M. Badhe Date:-

Roll No. :- 01
Subject: - ACN Sub. Teacher: - Rahul Gaikwad
Class: - BE IT/Comp.

Practical No : 01

Aim: To Setting up Ad-hoc wireless network.

1. Objective:
Student will understand and demonstrate concept of ad-hoc wireless network.
2. Background:
A wireless ad hoc network (WANET) is a decentralized type of wireless network. The network is
ad hoc because it does not rely on a pre existing infrastructure, such as routers in wired networks
or access points in managed (infrastructure) wireless networks. Instead, each node participates in
routing by forwarding data for other nodes, so the determination of which nodes forward data is
made dynamically on the basis of network connectivity. In addition to the classic routing, ad hoc
networks can use flooding for forwarding data. Wireless mobile ad hoc networks are self
configuring, dynamic networks in which nodes are free to move.
The decentralized nature of wireless ad hoc networks makes them suitable for a variety of
applications where central nodes can't be relied on and may improve the scalability of networks
compared to wireless managed networks, though theoretical and practical limits to the overall
capacity of such networks have been identified. Minimal configuration and quick deployment
make ad hoc networks suitable for emergency situations like natural disasters or military
conflicts. The presence of dynamic and adaptive routing protocols enables ad hoc networks to be
formed quickly.

Wireless ad-hoc networks can be further classified by their application:

1. Mobile ad hoc networks (MANET): A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is a continuously
selfconfiguring, infrastructureless network of mobile devices connected without wires.
2. Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANETs): are used for communication between vehicles and
roadside equipment. Intelligent vehicular ad hoc networks (In VANETs) are a kind of artificial
intelligence that helps vehicles to behave in intelligent manners during vehicle to vehicle
collisions, accidents.
3. Smart Phone Ad hoc Networks (SPANs): leverage the existing hardware (primarily Bluetooth
and Wi-Fi)in commercially available smart phones to create peer to peer networks without
relying on cellular carrier networks, wireless access points, or traditional network infrastructure.
4. Internet based mobile ad hoc networks (iMANETs): are ad hoc networks that link mobile
nodes and fixed Internet gateway nodes. One implementation of this is Persistent System's Cloud
Relay.
5. Military / Tactical MANETs: are used by military units with emphasis on security, range, and
integration with existing systems. A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is an ad-hoc network but
an adhoc network is not necessarily a MANET.
3 Pre-lab Task:
Create Wireless (Ad-Hoc) Network:
First, we will start by clicking the Network menu, and disconnecting from any Wireless
Networks.Most computers can't handle more than one wireless connection.
Second we will go to the same menu, and click Create New Wireless Network. Then you will
need to enter a Network Name (Service Set Identifier, SSID), select Wireless Security (we
recommend a WEP 128-bit Passphrase, the default), and enter a Passphrase.
Edit Network Access the Network menu again, and click the bottom item, Edit Connections.
Then, select your newly created network and click Edit in the right-hand column.
From there, you can change the Network Name, Security Settings and Passphrase.
You can also modify more advanced settings like the Band and Channel, IPv4 and IPv6, MAC
addresses, Basic SSID (BSSID), MTU, Automatic Connection (Creation), and the Availability of
this to other users on your machine.
Delete Network Much the same as Editing a Network, Deleting one simply requires you to click
the network icon, choose Edit Connections, select the Network you wish to delete, and then click
Delete from the right hand column.

Fig.1 Create N/W Fig.2 Edit N/W Fig.3 Delete N/w

4. In-lab Task
Steps for setting up Ad-hoc wireless network:
I. Insert NIC in to CPU’s PCI slot.
II. Install CD of PCI adapter
III. Set the IP address
IV. Do same procedure for other machines also.
V. Give the ping command by taking IP address of machine to which you want to communicate.
If reply comes from that machine it means that they are in ad- hoc wireless network.
5. Post lab Task:
Pros No expensive infrastructure must be installed.
Use of unlicensed frequency spectrum.
Quick distribution of information around sender.
Cons All network entities may be mobile ⇒ very dynamic topology.
Network functions must have high degree of adaptability.
No central entities ⇒ operation in completely distributed manner.