Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 10:08:11 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: brooks@one-eyed-alien.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wireless question Message-ID: <20020710.100811.62357950.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20020710090440.A5578@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <20020709.222151.61509887.imp@bsdimp.com> <20020710085351.GA246@v-ger.we.lc.ehu.es> <20020710090440.A5578@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> writes:
: On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 10:53:51AM +0200, Jose M. Alcaide wrote:
: > On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 10:21:51PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > > In message: <3D2B79AD.1080601@Kernick.org>
: > > Phil Kernick <Phil@Kernick.org> writes:
: > > : You can specify adhoc using ifconfig:
: > > :
: > > : $ ifconfig wi0 mediaopt adhoc
: > >
: > > Only in -current.
: >
: > $ uname -sr
: > FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE
: > $ ifconfig -m wi0
: > [...]
: > supported media:
: > media autoselect mediaopt hostap
: > media DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap
: > media DS/5.5Mbps mediaopt hostap
: > media DS/2Mbps mediaopt hostap
: > media DS/1Mbps mediaopt hostap
: > media autoselect
: > media autoselect mediaopt adhoc
: > media DS/11Mbps
: > media DS/11Mbps mediaopt adhoc
: > media DS/5.5Mbps
: > media DS/5.5Mbps mediaopt adhoc
: > media DS/2Mbps
: > media DS/2Mbps mediaopt adhoc
: > media DS/1Mbps
: > media DS/1Mbps mediaopt adhoc
: > [...]
:
: The problem is that that isnt' really adhoc mode in stable because I
: scwrewed up when I did the initial implementation. It's actually the
: vendor propriotary mode which you don't really want to use since it
: locks you into a subset of cards.
Yes. I have to MFC the support from -current for ad-hoc and ibss
mode, but haven't had time to do the work. I'm also waiting for
someone to implement ibss/ibss-master in the an driver too so that I
can merge that at the same time and things will be consistant. Hmmm,
maybe I should go do the awi driver when I do that.
Warner
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