http://dodonov.net/blog/2009/06/23/how-to-resume-a-broken-scp-transfer/
Resume scp with curl, very smart... `curl -C - --pubkey ~/.ssh/key.pub --key ~/.ssh/key sftp://user@host:/path/to/my_precious_iso.iso -o my_precious_iso.iso
http://ph.ubuntuforums.com/showthread.php?t=335465
Thread explaining how to share a wired internet connection over a wireless network in ad-hoc mode on ubuntu including dhcp setup.