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Date:      Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:58:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      Bobby Curnow <bobbyc@sonnet.com>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: orinoco ibss mode, channels won't stay locked
Message-ID:  <20021101235559.H63154-100000@sonnet1.sonnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <20021101.225821.71551250.imp@bsdimp.com>

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No I'm talking about the Hermes.  I talked to the sys adm and he said when
they first setup the system about a year ago they couldn't get true
access point mode to work.  I'll try to get more information regarding
configuration.
Thankyou, Bob C

On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote:

> In message: <20021101173204.D47528-100000@sonnet1.sonnet.com>
>             Bobby Curnow <bobbyc@sonnet.com> writes:
> : Hi, we can't seem to lock our tower access points onto a channel.  As you
> : know, there is no BSS mode for Hermes chipset, just prism.
>
> Eh?  I'm using a Hermes chipset right now in bss mode.  Or are you
> talking about hostap that we support with prism?
>
> : So we use
> : IBSS, and on the orinoco clients it shows up in their client manager as
> : peer-to-peer instead of access point.  Anyways, we set the cards to
> : channels 1,6, and 11, but sooner or later it always defaults back to
> : channel 10.  Any way to lock a orinoco in IBSS mode to a certain channel?
>
> How are you doing it?  I have two hermes card with the following
> command:
>
> inet 1.2.3.4 netmask 0xffffff00 media DS1 mediaopt adhoc ssid \
>  SsidMio channel 3 wepmode on wepkey SekRit
>
> (well, except for the wepkey :-).
>
> I have friends that are using mediaopt ibss-create instead.
>
> Warner
>


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