Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 21:49:10 +0200 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live555.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does the "iwi" driver (Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG) support "hostap"? Message-ID: <200604072149.16756.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.1.20060407121349.02039da0@live555.com> References: <7.0.1.0.1.20060407121349.02039da0@live555.com>
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--nextPart1508632.AoqDeojuON Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 07 April 2006 21:13, Ross Finlayson wrote: > When I try to configure my "iwi" device (after loading the bss > firmware) to run as an access point (under 6.0-STABLE): > ifconfig iwi0 inet <my-addr> ssid FOOBAR channel 5 media > DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap up > I get > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured > > Is this because "hostap" mode is not currently supported for the > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (iwi) device? Or is there something that > I'm doing wrong? No, iwi(4) does not support hostap mode at the moment. There seems to be s= ome=20 effort in making a Linux driver: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipw2200-ap= =20 but it is unclear what the status of this is. > (If it's not possible to run this driver in "hostap" mode, then how > could I configure it to run as an IBSS 'base station' instead? (The > "network-wireless.html" page in the FreeBSD handbook is silent on this > point.)) The ath(4) man page has the following example: ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.0.22 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \ mode 11b mediaopt adhoc I haven't been able to get iwi(4) working in IBSS mode however. =2D-=20 /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News --nextPart1508632.AoqDeojuON Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBENsI8XyyEoT62BG0RAj0mAJkB4HRkOLkgGYrS6MRYB+iY5hWGIACfZmh6 THZLLfuiVU0U5ZRl8b25sls= =Tr40 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1508632.AoqDeojuON--
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