Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 00:17:35 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: vev@michvhf.com Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBSS channel vs Current channel Message-ID: <20030128.001735.50595825.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0301262235250.31693-100000@paprika.michvhf.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0301262235250.31693-100000@paprika.michvhf.com>
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Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> writes:
:
: I've tried this with both 4.7 and 5.0 with the same result. It doesn't
: matter if I use ifconfig or wicontrol to change the channel, if the card
: sees an AP on another channel, that's where it's going. Why? If I tell
: it to be on channel 2, it should go to channel 2. If I look at wicontrol
: it tells me the "IBSS channel" is what I want, but if there's an AP on a
: nearby channel the "Current channel" will be the one with the AP on it.
:
: Am I missing something somewhere? Is something else supposed to be set?
:
: ifconfig wi0 channel 7 up
:
: That should change it to channel 7, right? As should:
:
: wicontrol -i wi0 -f 7
:
: ifconfig wi0 still reports it as being on channel 2.
:
: The end result is to have two cards in a Soekris board, one acting as the
: client to another AP and the other in hostap mode on another channel. As
: it is now, the client card is locking into the hostap card.
The channel parameter is ignored when you are in BSS mode, which is
the default.
ifconfig wi0 media DS/11Mbps mediaopt ibss ssid fred channel 7
is closer to what you need (note: mediaopt to set ibss, media because
mediaopt doesn't seem to work w/o it).
Warner
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