Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 19:57:06 +0200 (SAT) From: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za> To: jrb@cs.pdx.edu (Jim Binkley) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: starter attempt at lucent/wicontrol crib sheet Message-ID: <200205071757.g47Hv6W03086@zibbi.icomtek.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <200205071557.IAA22469@sirius.cs.pdx.edu> from Jim Binkley at "May 7, 2002 08:57:17 am"
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> > Dear Lucent/prism (and other ... ) wicontrol debating society > colleagues :-> ... > > I have attempted to capture the state of my knowledge below > on the 3 known modes for Lucent/prism2 cards and wicontrol > commands therein. > > Additions/deletions/rants? > > Maybe if we could get this right, we could put it in the man page? > > One serious question though: don't you need to specify the > channel with IBSS mode? Yes you do if you don't like the default channel. You only need to do it on the master(s) though. > -----------------------------slice here --------------------------- > Using lucent/prism2 cards: > > 1. managed mode > > wicontrol -p 1 > wicontrol -n "someessid" > > notes: > > 1.1. wicontrol -n "" > > will reassociate with ANY access point. > > 1.2 channel is NOT given with managed mode. > It is determined by various scanning techniques in > the card firmware. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > 2. IBSS ad hoc mode > > master: > wicontrol -p 1 > wicontrol -n "someessid" > wicontrol -f <somechannel> > wicontrol -c 1 > > slaves: > wicontrol -p 1 > wicontrol -f <somechannel> > wicontrol -n "someessid" > -p 1 is correct only for Lucent firmware. For Intersil firmware you need -p 0 and for Symbol firmware -p 4. > notes: > > 2.1. windows systems have defaulted to channel 10 > recently, and to channel 3 with older versions of firmware. > > 2.2. -c 1 may be given by others, and is non-harmful. 2.3 Support for IBSS ad-hoc mode only started in: Lucent firmware from version 6.00.06 Intersil firmware from 8.00 Symbol firmware from 2.00.00 for ibss mode and from 2.50.00 for ibss master. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > 3. Lucent ad hoc demo mode > > wicontrol -p 3 > wicontrol -f <somechannel> > > notes: > 3.1 known to work with at least one prism2 card (D-Link 650). > > 3.2 essid is not used, as there are no control packets > other than data-side ACK. > 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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