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COVER PAGE

I. OBJECTIVE
To ensure that windows 8 can create and support a working AdHoc network.
II. PURPOSE
1. To make sure that we can create Adhoc Network.
2. To make sure that Windows 8 can support it.
3. To make sure that once we create it, we can share it to our devices
4. To make sure our android device can access the internet through our
hosted network (AdHoc Network).
III. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Windows 8 Introduction and Simple Reviewpage 1
Device Driverspage 1
Securitypage 1
Screen/Display Operation.page 2
User Interface & Apps Naviga.tion..page 2
User Settings & Syncing...page 3
What is AdHoc..page 4
What we need to know.page 4
Steps on Creating Adhoc Network page 5

IV. REFERENCES
Wikipedia links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_ad_hoc_network
Windows 8 Review.



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WINDOWS 8 Introduction and Simple Review
Before we start with the process above as seen on the title, many of us, including me, envied
apple for its adhoc connection, how it is easily created and your iphone can easily connect
and get access to the inet. There are some rumors, that some android devices cant see the
apples created adhoc network somehow it is way hidden, for some devices, we can easily
connect, but the catch there is, we cant have the access to its internet. But this wont let us
stop from looking for ways to have it in our system. This will not let us down but will challenge us
to do and make it better. Let us make it the other way around, and let apple get envied also
with our adhoc connection. But, before we start, let me give you a simple introduction and
simple review on Windows 8 Operating System. We will not review all of its features, I will give
you the reviews, only, the ones that concerns me. And a little bit related to our network
creation.
A new Operating system which was introduced by Microsoft in the latter year of 2012. It was
an excellent work and a migration operating system tools. It supports the upgrade from
Microsoft windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows 7 Operating system.
DEVICE DRIVERS
Unlike MSXP, VISTA and W7, where you have to use some of the devices cd software installer,
Windows 8 has a built in drivers that supports mostly of the devices in the markets today. Be it
USB ports, external storage HDD and flash drives, printers, CD/DVD writers (external), USB hubs,
etc. Some of the drivers can easily be downloaded by the system itself through windows
update. It supports USB 3.0 on newly manufactured laptops and desktop pcs. But, however,
there is still an issue when it comes to USB ports, 3.0 USB ports cant support those devices using
a 2.0 and below version of USBs. Whether they are cables, or hubs, etc. Somehow, rumor says,
that this can be overcome by using a 3.0 USB cables and hubs that supports connection on
USB 2.0 and below. But with a fully packed device drivers, we can however say, it was worth
upgrading. We can say that Microsoft has improved a lot on their operating system. But dont
rely too much on this review, sometimes, you will still be needing that old cd software with you.
SECURITY
The same as Windows 7 Operating System, by default, Windows Defender is already enabled,
from the start of configuration of Users through the rest of operation. Of course, you wouldnt
stop from there, you can disable your windows defender and install your preferred anti-virus
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software. There is not much changes when it comes to firewall, firewall is the same as previous.
The only changes I have noticed was its users interface.
SCREEN/DISPLAY OPERATION
This operating system supports, Touch and Non-touch panel/screen. You can use your mouse,
keyboard like the same as before. But of course, it is different from touch. Touch is where you
can swipe it here, swipe it there, swipe above and downward, left and right. Non-touch is a
little bit awkward, me, personally, it is kind of confusing to me, since I am starting to understand
the operation of it. But, I found out that, it is much simpler if you are using an Ubuntu operating
system. Though it is different when it comes to interface, side bar positions and location, but,
still similar on operation. And it is easier for a Linux users or Ubuntu users to migrate to Windows
8 because of its way of operation.
USER INTERFACE & APPS NAVIGATION
With its Metro UI, we can say that it is however an excellent interface. However, the operation
doesnt really make sense for an Ubuntu Users like yours truly. Though I am restarting again to
use Ubuntu, I somehow find it easy to navigate on Ubuntu rather than that of the metro. It really
does not make any sense, if you want to see all your applications, you have to move your
mouse to the top left corner and right click and below you will see a subtask bar which was
written all apps. Dont get me wrong on this, we are talking about a non-touch
panel/display/screen here. Move your cursor to the top right and right click it, youll see the
side bar that consist mostly of its settings, control panel, search, share, devices and start menu,
etc. I dont have any idea why they have to do this when they can put everything together in
one place, one side bar, or yet again, two (2) sidebars. And yet again, they overcome this
awkwardness when they put a shortcut in the Metro UI for the Desktop. Yet again, it is a little
bit of not right for me, why? It is because, if you want to introduce your USER INTERFACE, then
let the people be used to your new interface and not the old interface they were previously
using. Why? Again, because people will tend to use the previous interface that than of the
new one. But, if this is a consideration that Microsoft has done, then a tap on the back to say
Thank You for giving us an option to go back to the old fashioned Interface. So, those people
who are like me, feeling a little not comfortable with its apps navigation, UI, go ahead, click
that desktop and start putting a shortcut of your applications there.
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USER SETTINGS AND SYNCING
It seems that Windows 8 is following the operation of Android Phones. Though for some, they
will tell me, who the F*** are you, telling us that it is like an android operating system! Well, I
wont tell the same to you, or badmouth you just because of an operating system review. I
mean, Grow up guys, this is just a review, in the end, you will be the one using and doing all
these operations and navigations kind of stuff, not me. I have my own way to do it. So stop
yelling at me and telling me something that minors should not hear about. Be careful not to
give them an idea of what is the other dark side of life. So shove off, and let me continue. All
right, hmmn, where are we, ohh, USER SETTINGS. Alright, USER SETTINGS, this is not so much
good after all, you cant actually configure much on the user settings, if you dont sign up with
a Microsoft account. So go ahead, use your Gmail account if you have one, or use a yahoo
account if it fits you, but dont forget to sign up first. Once you have done that, Microsoft will
give you a confirmation that your account is now activated, alright, you will also noticed that
your local account is change to Microsoft account. From that point, you can only change the
settings on your USER account, your photo/images, your preferred color and background
images, etc. SYNCING yes, Microsoft has also given you a way to sync every settings you
have on your pc provided you are logged on to your Microsoft account. Once you are logged
on, it will automatically sync your PC settings. And before I forgot, from the moment your
account is activated, you will be have a 7 GB capacity of cloud storage compliments of
Microsoft SkyDrive. So from now on, within each and every reformatting you done to your pc,
once you logged on to your Microsoft account, everything will be synced to Microsoft. Isnt it
familiar? Hmmnn, I have heard and personally know the same process I have been doing since
my device became Android? And this is an excellent proof that windows 8 was not really done
for desktop and laptops but for tablets and mobile devices. Hey, before you get upset, you
can also download SkyDrive from Google Play Store. Oh, what do you know? I got one for my
note 2. Here is your link https://play.google.com/store/search?q=skydrive+microsoft&c=apps
So this is it, a simple review to let you know the pros and cons of Windows 8. Please, dont
badmouth me again, let me tell you again, that these are based on my own review only and
not from a professional blogger like you. So if you want, write your OWN REVIEW too.
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A simple introduction to ADHOC NETWORK.
WHAT IS ADHOC?
A wireless ad hoc network is a decentralized type of wireless network.
[1]
The network is ad
hoc because it does not rely on a preexisting 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 the data.
An ad hoc network typically refers to any set of networks where all devices have equal status
on a network and are free to associate with any other ad hoc network device in link range.
Ad hoc network often refers to a mode of operation of IEEE 802.11 wireless networks.
It also refers to a network device's ability to maintain link status information for any number of
devices in a 1-link (aka "hop") range, and thus, this is most often a Layer 2 activity. Because this
is only a Layer 2 activity, ad hoc networks alone may not support a routeable IP network
environment without additional Layer 2 or Layer 3 capabilities.
The earliest wireless ad hoc networks were the "packet radio" networks (PRNETs) from the 1970s,
sponsored by DARPA after the ALOHAnet project.
Courtesy of WIKIPEDIA. To learn more about it follow the link below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_ad_hoc_network
And also, just to add, from Latin, adhoc means for this purpose. And so for this purpose, we
will create an adhoc from our windows 8 operating system and we will share it to our android
phone.
WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW
1. We dont need to be rooted to do this kind of weird things
2. We dont need to have an expensive smartphone to have this created and shared.
3. That we have a working pc/laptop, android phone/device, and a wifi/wireless antenna
(USB preferred), and a working lan network.
4. That this is not expensive, difficult or hard to do, but simple and easy.
5. That we are currently having a windows 8 operating system.
6. That because it is Windows 8, it really doesnt support the creation of AdHoc network.
7. That we are going to make it possible at least to create and share it to our android
devices.
8. That we could always smile in each and every failure and success we have.
9. That please spare me of badmouthing and F words if this doesnt work on you. Lol.
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STEPS ON CREATING ADHOC NETWORK
A. INSTALLING YOUR WIFI ANTENNA OR WIRELESS ANTENNA (USB PLUG AND PLAY WIRELESS
DB ANTENNA)
1. Go ahead and plug your USB plug and play ready external wireless antenna.
2. Let windows install the drivers for you through windows update. If you are impatient
and cant wait, go ahead and install the cd software device driver and let your
system recognize the wireless db antenna
3. You will notice if it is installed, it will appear on your devices and printers in the control
panel settings. Or you can check it to your network and sharing settings.
B. CHECKING WIRELESS DB IF IT SUPPORTS ADHOC NETWORKS.
1. Now, this metro ui will not give us a good and smooth operation and navigation, go
ahead and click the desktop shortcut on your metro UI.
2. Press windows keys + x keys to give you the selection for accessories, select
command prompt (Admin).
3. Remember we are going to check if our wireless db antenna or wifi can support
ADHOC NETWORK.












FIGURE 1.
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4. Since your Command Prompt already opened and running as administrator, now
type the following lines C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show drivers on your
command prompt. As what you can see on the attached image. (FIGURE 1).
5. It will give you the result as what you seen in the attached image. Hosted network is
our ADHOC NETWORK, and thus, it is supported.
C. TYPING THE COMMAND LINE AND CREATING OUR ADHOC NETWORK.
1. Since we know that our wifi antenna/wifi can support ADHOC NETWORK, we can
now create it. By typing the following C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan set
hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=your preferred name without the quote
key=your preferred key without the quote. A successful command will give you
the following result as the one you can see on figure 2.




FIGURE 2
I preferred my ssid as adhocnetwork , make it yours unique.
D. STARTING YOUR HOSTEDNETWORK (ADHOC NETWORK
1. On your command prompt, type the following command
C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan start hostednetwork as you can see on FIGURE
3. Yellow line means successful command



FIGURE 3
Now, we already created our ADHOC NETWORK. Wait, I heard somebodys reacted. Yes
what is that?
Q: how can we know that it is already created? Any proof?

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A: alright, you caught me there, here are the steps.
E. CHECKING YOUR ADHOC CREATION.
1. On your desktop right click your network connection tray icon, select network and
sharing center. See figure 4 and figure 5.



FIGURE 4




FIGURE 5
2. You can immediately see if it is created. See figure 6.











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FIGURE 6
F. SHARING YOUR INTERNET LAN NETWORK ACCESS TO YOUR ADHOC NETWORK.
1. Follow the steps 1 to 2 from E (Checking your ADHOC CREATION). See figures 7 & 8
2. Now left click, change adapter settings,
















FIGURE 7




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FIGURE 8
3. Right click your default Lan network connection and select properties. See figure 9.











FIGURE 9
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4. While you are on properties panel, left click sharing tab as you can see in FIGURE
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FIGURE 10







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5. While on sharing tab panel, check the following and click the drop down arrow
and select your adhoc network (hosted network). And once done, click ok. As you
can see on figure 11.













FIGURE 11
Now you are all set up, go ahead and open your wifi on your android phone, and scan for
your adhoc network and connect, remember to put the passphrase or password.
A simple proof that it is working, see video link.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/93227179/IMAGES_PUBLIC/MOV0016A.avi





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V. RELATED IMAGES
1. Wireless DB Antenna
Specifications:
Wireless : IEEE 802.11 b/g
Frequency: 2.41Ghz-.484Ghz unlicensed ISM band
Chipser: RT2571
Modulation method: IEEE 802.11Bb:DBPSK/DQPSK/CCK, IEEE
802.11g:BPSK,QPSK,16QAM, 64QAM
Data Rate: IEEE 802.11b: 1,2, 5.5,11 Mbps, IEEE 802.11g:6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 54
Mbps
Transmitter Power: 28+/-1.5dBm
External Antenna: 9 dBi dipole antenna
Receive Sensitivity: Operating at 11Mbps:<-82dBm@8%FER, 54Mpbs:<-
70dBm@8%FER
Operating Range: up to 1200 M, depending on surrounding environment
Power Consumption: Transmit:<500mA, Receive:<270mA
Security: WEP964/128), WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2 TKIP/AES/WPA2-PSK
Features: Software AP mode, PSP X-LINK
Certification: FCC; CE
Operating Temperature: 0~55 deg Celcius
Storage Temperature: -20 ~70 deg Celcius
Humidity: 5 ~90% (non-condensing)
Size: 9cm(L)X 2.9cm (W)x 1cm(H)



2. Windows 8 sytem
SAMSUNG SYNC MASTER 920N Monitor
Windows 8 operating system
INTEL Quad Core
4GB ddr3 ram memory
1TB HDD, Western Digital
SAMSUNG DVD/Multi Recorder/Rewritable Drive
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8 ports USB
2 Lan Network cards, Ethernet(built-in) and PCI lan Card Realtek
USB Keyboard
USB Wireless mouse
FDD
DVD/CD ROM drive