Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 19:31:28 +0200 (SAT) From: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> To: imp@village.org (M. Warner Losh) Cc: john@kozubik.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: connecting aironet and lucent 802.11b in ad hoc mode Message-ID: <200206191731.g5JHVTs00798@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20020619.102002.37454326.imp@village.org> from "M. Warner Losh" at "Jun 19, 2002 10:20:02 am"
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> : > : There is some confusion[1] as to how you get `an` cards to talk to `wi` > : cards (cisco aironet talking to lucent) in FreeBSD - it is non-intuitive. > : > : Here is the process: > : > : 1. on the wi side, set -c 1, and set -q "something", leave port type BSS. > : (do NOT configure as ad-hoc) > : > : 2. on the an side, set -o 0 (ad-hoc) and `-v 1 -n "something"` > : > : 3. I have tested this on channels 1,10, and 6, using FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE > : > : NOTE: output of `ifconfig -a` will say "status: no carrier" on the > : system with the lucent card. The `ifconfig -a` output on the > : system with the aironet card will say "status: associated" > : > : 4. SPEED TEST: (an says 11Mbps <adhoc>, wi says 2Mbps) > : 1048576 bytes sent in 2.25 seconds (454.38KB/s) 3.635 mb/s > : 1048576 bytes sent in 2.20 seconds (465.75KB/s) 3.726 mb/s > : (got same speeds on a file 10x that big) > : (using laptops with _slow_ (4200 rpm?) hard drives) > : > : Step 1 refers to `wicontrol` commands. Example: `wicontrol -i wi0 -c 1` > : > : Step 2 refers to `ancontrol` commands. Example: `ancontrol -i an0 -o 0` > : > : > : [1] Thread on freebsd-mobile dated 2001-11-12 > > Soon it should be as simple as doing > > ifconfig an0 mediaopt ibss > ifconfig wi0 mediaopt ibss > > Also, the above WILL NOT WORK AT ALL if you have old firmware on your > lucent cards. The old lucent cards won't do true 802.11b ibss mode > before about 6.04 or so. If your firmware is too old, you lose. > Uhmm, shouldn't you commit the ifconfig media ibss stuff before it will work? :-) Or have I missed its commit? John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@icomtek.csir.co.za / jhay@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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