Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:04:46 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: help@pdscc.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with freebsd access point setup as per sysadmin mag Message-ID: <20020805.150446.114731968.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20020805201224.HJXK5909.priv-edtnes16-hme0.telusplanet.net@jakar-2> References: <20020804232704.QYQF3365.priv-edtnes15-hme0.telusplanet.net@jakar-2> <20020804.231237.09568276.imp@bsdimp.com> <20020805201224.HJXK5909.priv-edtnes16-hme0.telusplanet.net@jakar-2>
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"Harondel J. Sibble" <help@pdscc.com> writes:
:
:
: 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.
You need FreeBSD-stable as of yesterday. this isn't on the 4.5 or 4.6
set, as it is brand-spankin' new functionality.
Warner
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