Would only work if there is a router on the network that has both routes in its routing table. Key word here is ROUTER.

From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Simon Mbuthia
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:27 PM
To: Skunkworks forum
Subject: [Skunkworks] Something about wireless

Hey geeks,

I have a question. There is something that I do not understand about how wireless technology works. I have an iPad and a laptop with me. I have setup an ad hoc wireless network/hotspot so that I can access the web using the iPad. The wireless adapter's IP address is 192.168.0.1, while the one for the iPad is 169.254.x.x

What I seek to understand is how these two devices are able to communicate while being in different subnets - that is, how is the routing between 192.168.0.0/24 and 169.254.0.0/16 done?

Curious me.