Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 03:49:22 -0500 From: Jason Deraleau <jldera@mac.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Ad-hoc ka-put :) Message-ID: <CEADDC98-ED4A-11D5-A946-0003931A551A@mac.com>
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Ok, gonna give this another try. I've just installed a netgear MA301/401
combo in my FreeBSD box. I compiled the wi driver into my kernel, the
system boots and detects it. I then give the wi0 interface a
192.168.1.1/24 ip address. On my other machine, an iBook using an
Airport card, I am configuring the interface with a 192.168.1.5/24 ip
address. I'm trying to get the two computers to talk to each other in
ad-hoc mode, though if I can get the BSD box to pretend it's a base
station that would be the most ideal situation. BSD wicontrol results:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ]
Station name: [ wlan ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ wlan ]
Current netname (SSID): [ wlan ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ wlan ]
Current BSSID: [ 00:00:00:00:00:00 ]
Channel list: [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel: [ 11 ]
Current channel: [ 11 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 92 156 3 ]
Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 3 ]
MAC address: [ 00:30:ab:09:48:01 ]
TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 11 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS: [ On ]
Access point density: [ 1 ]
Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
WEP encryption: [ Off ]
TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
And an ifconfig:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:30:ab:09:48:01
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/11Mbps
<adhoc>)
status: associated
ssid wlan
stationname wlan
channel 11 authmode NONE powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
So, I can see the wi0 is getting the right IP information, and that it's
using channel 11 and is in ad-hoc mode. So now, let's check routing:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
route to: 192.168.1.5
destination: 192.168.1.0
mask: 255.255.255.0
interface: wi0
flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING>
recvpipe sendpipe ssthresh rtt,msec rttvar hopcount mtu
expire
0 0 0 0 0 0
1500 -485
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This is my first experience configuring BSD for 802.11b, but I am quite
familiar with it on the Mac. So, on the Mac, I'm creating a computer to
computer network (i.e. ad-hoc), naming it wlan, not entering a password,
and choosing channel 11. Here's an ifconfig for the Airport card:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,b6,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.5 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:30:65:09:9b:26
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
and a route:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
route to: 192.168.1.1
destination: 192.168.1.0
mask: 255.255.255.0
interface: en1
flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING>
recvpipe sendpipe ssthresh rtt,msec rttvar hopcount mtu
expire
0 0 0 0 0 0
1500 -43
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
So, on both interfaces, routing and actual interface configuration looks
good. I know the Airport card is perfect, the card in the BSD box should
be working, it's brand new, but I am not 100% sure, but I'm not thinking
it's a hardware issue. When I have the card in ad-hoc mode, it's link
light is solid green, while if i do a wicontrol -p 1, it starts blinking
green. Neither machine can reach the other. Does anyone have any
suggestions or ideas for me? It's highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jason Deraleau
jldera@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/jldera
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