Patent ID: 7616588

Claim:
A method for establishing an ad hoc wireless network performable by a first computing device, the first computing device comprising a first wireless network adapter for communicating with the ad hoc network, and further comprising a second network adapter for communicating with a second network with, the method comprising the steps of: guiding a user of the first computing device through a process for generating network configuration parameters for creating the ad hoc network; informing the user of at least one method for transferring the network configuration parameters to a second computing device, by which the second computing device can connect to the ad hoc network; allowing the second computing device to communicate with the second network through the ad hoc network and the second network adapter on the first computing device; invoking a network protocol address assignment server on the first computing device to assign a network address to the second computing device after the second computing device has connected to the ad hoc network; and invoking a name resolution server on the first computing device to provide name resolution service to the second computing device.