Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 15:16:25 +0200 From: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> To: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: iwn adhoc mode Message-ID: <CAAgh0_Z5%2BUW6LLL1EgLALvH2N65q9JtwVhFwHF_cAPixZrnUkQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPS9%2BSu_ivR5WcmS9WKiUwWmc2fjv-Y_3kjw-6wx1zdSRumjOw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPS9%2BSvn199XbOYTTA_SrV5dT_W=QMTJzKy3VrAYustLxzXRxQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAAgh0_YC6jGJZ%2BEKyFBUfq3VdMMsBkv7ZXgdgKzN60D4yJHONQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAPS9%2BSu_ivR5WcmS9WKiUwWmc2fjv-Y_3kjw-6wx1zdSRumjOw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> > wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> >> 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
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