From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 1 13:16:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC631065672 for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2012 13:16:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bschmidt@techwires.net) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 392DB8FC0C for ; Wed, 1 Aug 2012 13:16:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by lbbgm13 with SMTP id gm13so20824lbb.13 for ; Wed, 01 Aug 2012 06:16:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=ldP8zRIm2CRibqnMGLzT6QAKPVH8RadtROU/HLkGxJ0=; b=Q1toxKAFwhc818Y9Tr2/guqwwDeCt8sQ5wndB/cusJq0o7ze73FFFVLAHG5d6G9GoR R+DQ5VUoRnQMHfwbs5sPV7yAdJ4NVzTeBqwm6wGHY+o7fmiWt7MzWhvyUKreD50lpuHF swtzjAnvFPoR9obphDrtAiVvuLo//Io0vv8H2Vw0B3G1dY8x6sQGLHNl7eI9/bY9qdZ6 QaoI+RNYlEnFLB1Y08jMrgZcnrof4Y7OcF+W7gjNYiR3i7H9ZbyLvkKDLrXRLd+xLASf Wls8Fl81asJ+JFHvLJo33gUQWv42GZYkPd8qIe8LOnL5/0EYUIwPGf6MNZWHietzDOMP rzjA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.84.39 with SMTP id v7mr8278957lby.15.1343826985475; Wed, 01 Aug 2012 06:16:25 -0700 (PDT) Sender: bschmidt@techwires.net Received: by 10.152.106.167 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Aug 2012 06:16:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [79.140.39.245] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 15:16:25 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2iQIhSeH2EXoIeF5U4QNx9e4W3c Message-ID: From: Bernhard Schmidt To: Andreas Nilsson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnkesjVd/NQ6ETaaMTz8TKWsL4dmFlupxvDQKfrcHIXxTe4R993L8ngPFS3tjYt5qK1JMYi Cc: FreeBSD Net Subject: Re: iwn adhoc mode X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:16:27 -0000 On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Bernhard Schmidt > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Andreas Nilsson >> wrote: >> > and when I try to setup the connection manually with ifconfig I get >> > ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Operation not supported >> > and from reading older postings it seems that iwn has a problem with >> > ad-hoc >> > mode. >> >> Indeed, adding Adhoc/IBSS support to iwn(4) is *still* on my TODO list. >> >> -- >> Bernhard > > > Thanks for clarifying. Do you have an ETA for it as well? ;) Not really.. not soon I guess. > In the meantime maybe the IWN(4) should not claim support for adhoc, or is > it supported on some cards and not on others? There was some basic, half-working, support before I've touched the code, back when only 4965 was supported. I guess the manpage needs indeed some updating. -- Bernhard