From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 18:33: 7 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 765F837B401 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:33:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx2.melsa.net.id (mx2.melsa.net.id [202.138.224.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06C2243FA3 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:32:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ekoz@melsa.net.id) Received: from ns2.melsa.net.id (ns2.melsa.net.id [202.138.224.4]) by mx2.melsa.net.id (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id h252Ws450701 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:32:54 +0700 (JAVT) Received: from tech04 (tech04.melsa.net.id [202.138.225.212]) by ns2.melsa.net.id (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id h252Wsr39397 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:32:54 +0700 (JAVT) Message-ID: <00b301c2e2bf$878c8780$d4e18aca@tech04> From: "Eko Suwarsono" To: References: <20030304044311.GA51553@lethargic.dyndns.org><039901c2e24d$e3d63260$d4e18aca@tech04> <20030304.072025.63046953.imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: ad-hoc wireless mode and ticks (fwd) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 09:32:50 +0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Warner, What kind of version that orinoco's firmware can support ibss-master mode ? Last time I change the wi0 (Orinoco) mode to "ibss-master" was "ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured" but when using Senao Prism Based Card, it's work fine for "hostap" and "ibss-master". Regards, Eko Suwarsono ----------------------------- ekoz@melsa.net.id ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. Warner Losh" To: Cc: ; ; ; Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: Re: ad-hoc wireless mode and ticks (fwd) > In message: <039901c2e24d$e3d63260$d4e18aca@tech04> > "Eko Suwarsono" writes: > : May be help, > : > : http://www.live.com/wireless/unix-base-station.html > : > : and a little explanation you can read at, > : > : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/wireless.html > : > : Lucent (Orinoco / avaya) base wireless Card will not work for "hostap" or > : "ibss-master" mode. To have your own FreeBSD host based Access point, you > : must using Prism II or 2.5 Card. > > That's not true. Lucent cards *WILL* work as ibss-masters if their > firmware is new enough. > > Warner > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message