From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 19: 5:44 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 6839D37B401 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:05:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from pedigree.cs.ubc.ca (pedigree.cs.ubc.ca [142.103.6.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A037543FCB for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:05:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kcai@cs.ubc.ca) Received: from granville.cs.ubc.ca (granville.cs.ubc.ca [142.103.7.20]) by pedigree.cs.ubc.ca (8.12.8/8.11.4) with ESMTP id h2535fkZ022180; Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:05:41 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:05:40 -0800 (PST) From: Kan Cai To: Eko Suwarsono Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ad-hoc wireless mode and ticks (fwd) In-Reply-To: <00b301c2e2bf$878c8780$d4e18aca@tech04> Message-ID: References: <20030304044311.GA51553@lethargic.dyndns.org><039901c2e24d$e3d63260$d4e18aca@tech04> <20030304.072025.63046953.imp@bsdimp.com> <00b301c2e2bf$878c8780$d4e18aca@tech04> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Eko Suwarsono wrote: > > 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" I am using Lucent Firmware: Station 8.72.01, and it can support ibss-master mediaopt, but it seems not supporting ibss-create yet. --Ken > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message