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From: Tobias Roth <roth@iam.unibe.ch>
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Subject: Re: Ad-hoc connection between XP and FreeBSD
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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.