From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Nov 1 23:58:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE6237B401 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:58:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from sonnet1.sonnet.com (sonnet1.sonnet.com [66.52.73.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A103C43E6E for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:58:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bobbyc@sonnet.com) Received: from sonnet1.sonnet.com (localhost.sonnet.com [127.0.0.1]) by sonnet1.sonnet.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gA27wGtC067917; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:58:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bobbyc@sonnet.com) Received: from localhost (bobbyc@localhost) by sonnet1.sonnet.com (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with ESMTP id gA27wGmN067914; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:58:16 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: sonnet1.sonnet.com: bobbyc owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:58:16 -0800 (PST) From: Bobby Curnow To: "M. Warner Losh" Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: orinoco ibss mode, channels won't stay locked In-Reply-To: <20021101.225821.71551250.imp@bsdimp.com> Message-ID: <20021101235559.H63154-100000@sonnet1.sonnet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message