Laptop to Laptop Wireless Ad-hoc network

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I set-up a wireless ad-hoc network on one laptop, running Apache 2.2, PHP 5.2.6, with Windows Vista Home Premium.

With a second laptop connected to the first's ad hoc network, I'm able to browse to pages, however it takes incredibly long and times out sometimes.

 

Both laptops are Intel Core 2 duo (2.00GHZ/2.00GHZ) with Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN cards. Connection to access points and the web are lightening fast.

 

Is there anything I can do to speed up the wireless ad hoc connection when browsing pages from laptop to laptop?

 

Browsing the file system in Windows Explorer and opening/editing/saving files is quick too. Which leads me to believe that Apache is the bottleneck.

 

Any advice is appreciated.

 

thanks!