New to Wifi - Help please

[SeRpEnT]

Never done wifi before. I have an old HTPC in the lounge which I would like to link to my laptop and smartphone with wifi to copy mp3s and photos between the devices. I understand its called an ad-hoc connection.

Using some e-bucks I am considering buying one of the following USB wifi adapters:
http://www.kalahari.com/page_templa...lEYXlzfFNvbGRCeXxQcmljZXx8fA==&ck=qo&cv=Price

Which one is best? (I have about R200 worth of ebucks) Do they all do ad-hoc connections? (Yeah I know some are bluetooth adapters, I am looking at the wifi ones)
All advice will be greatly appreciated.

 

[PsyWulf]

For the amount of crap and effort you'd have with Ad-hoc you might as well just a Wireless Access point and plug the HTPC right into it

 

[SeRpEnT]

So its hard to do?
Surely its much faster and can only be easier than bluetooth connections?

 

[PsyWulf]

Ad-Hoc is spotty,finnicky,and not as widely supported as regular Wifi

 

[Pada]

+1 to PsyWulf's suggestion of getting a dedicated Wireless Access Point instead of using silly ad-hoc setup.

You can get Wireless Access Points for pretty cheap, although I haven't looked if Kalahari stocks them though.

 

[SeRpEnT]

"Wireless Access Point" ... Tell me more. (total newbie here)

 

[SeRpEnT]

http://www.kalahari.com/electronics/TRENDnet-150Mbps-Wireless-N-Access-Point/4585/41633061.aspx
Like that?

 

[PsyWulf]

Yep,fairly easy to setup if you are familiar with Networking

 

[Pada]

If you have enough eBucks, I'd recommend that you rather go for the 300Mbps one: http://www.kalahari.com/electronics/TRENDnet-300Mbps-Wireless-N-Access-Point/4585/41633067.aspx