From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jan 25 7:33:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from doorman.brann.org (remote-brann-gw.nyc.dsl.access.net [166.84.145.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47D7414C85 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:33:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from john@brann.org) Received: from freebie.brann.org (freebie.brann.org [10.0.0.2]) by doorman.brann.org (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA48224; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:33:26 -0500 (EST) Received: (from john@localhost) by freebie.brann.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA40631; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:33:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from john) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 10:33:37 -0500 From: John Brann To: Jim Flowers Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WaveLan woes Message-ID: <20000125103337.B40595@freebie.brann.org> References: <20000124114805.A38465@freebie.brann.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Jim Flowers on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 12:30:08PM -0500 Organization: Not while I'm at home Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > #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 -- Unreal City, Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, finger john@doorman.brann.org for pgp public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message