Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:12:18 -0700 From: "Harondel J. Sibble" <help@pdscc.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with freebsd access point setup as per sysadmin mag Message-ID: <20020805201224.HJXK5909.priv-edtnes16-hme0.telusplanet.net@jakar-2> In-Reply-To: <20020804.231237.09568276.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20020804232704.QYQF3365.priv-edtnes15-hme0.telusplanet.net@jakar-2>
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On 4 Aug 2002 at 23:12, M. Warner Losh wrote: > The methods described in the sysadmin magazine is not a "Access > Point," in the normal sense of the word. Chances are you are running > into the quagmire that's known as ad-hoc modes (ibss, ibss + create, > and demo ad-hoc). After digging through the wicontrol man pages, I started getting that suspicion. > The long and the short of it is that you need FreeBSD-stable and > hostap to make this work reliably. I am slightly new to FreeBSD, so need to know one thing. which version of stable do I need? 4.6? or will 4.5 do. I am currently running 4.5 (February 2002 cd - 4 disc set) from the Freebsdmall.com folks. Another fellow mentioned getting things working wirh hostap, going to look into that now. -- Harondel J. Sibble Sibble Computer Consulting Creating solutions for the small business and home computer user. help@pdscc.com (use pgp keyid 0x3AD5C11D) http://www.pdscc.com (604) 739-3709 (voice/fax) (604) 686-2253 (pager) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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