Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:42:47 +0200 From: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch> To: Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ad-hoc connection between XP and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20030418174246.GA18231@speedy.unibe.ch> In-Reply-To: <20030416103723.P80605@volatile.chemikals.org> References: <200304142204.aa46871@banana.critchley.biz> <00ac01c302e0$da5d3fe0$15b55042@vizion2000.net> <20030415022050.V2937@znfgre.tberna.bet> <20030416140447.GA26767@speedy.unibe.ch> <20030416103723.P80605@volatile.chemikals.org>
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 10:38:23AM -0400, Wesley Morgan wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Tobias Roth wrote: > > > Did anyone suceed in setting up an ad-hoc wireless connection > > between a FreeBSD and a WinXP station? > > > > I use a soekris box with works perfectly for ad-hoc connections > > with another FreeBSD box, but not with WinXP. The options one > > can choose in XP look ok, you can select channel, network name, > > adhoc or basestation mode and other less related stuff. I tried > > all possible combinations that make sense, but no go. > > Make sure you are using the same "ad-hoc" type on both nodes. Lucent cards > have IEEE ad-hoc as well as a "demo" ad-hoc. Your SSID needs to be the > same as well. thanks, that did the trick. I have now a working ad-hoc connection between FreeBSD and WinXP.
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