Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:33:37 -0500 From: John Brann <john@brann.org> To: Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WaveLan woes Message-ID: <20000125103337.B40595@freebie.brann.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.1000124121828.7179A-100000@lily.ezo.net>; from Jim Flowers on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 12:30:08PM -0500 References: <20000124114805.A38465@freebie.brann.org> <Pine.BSI.3.91.1000124121828.7179A-100000@lily.ezo.net>
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 12:30:08PM -0500, Jim Flowers wrote:
> I would suggest that you try a different network name ( not FreeBSD IBSS
> ) so that you can see the Current netname change on successful radio
> communication. Also, does the Wavepoint II show a connection to the Toshiba?
>
> Generally when we set these up we don't use pao and they work fine
> first time. We don't use "any" but name the network instead.
>
> Are you using a startup script for configuration? Here is our setup_wi0
> script:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> cmd="wicontrol -i wi0"
>
> $cmd -s "Customer Name"
> $cmd -p 1
> $cmd -n "Network Name"
> echo "Customer Name setup completed"
>
> This, of course, has to be identified in pccard.conf with a line like:
>
> insert /etc/setup_wi0
>
> Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net>
> #4 ISP on C|NET, #1 in Ohio
>
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, John Brann wrote:
>
[...SNIP...]
Thanks for your help. Once I changed the network name from "ANY" to the
real one and switched out of ad-hoc mode, it works. A script very like
yours now resides in my /etc.
John
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