From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Mar 5 10:27: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E22D937B719 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:27:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f25IQxo11403; Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:26:59 -0800 Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:26:59 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Jim Binkley Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, dennis@pdx.edu Subject: Re: orinoco card - default channel changed Message-ID: <20010305102659.B31910@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200103051644.IAA26209@sirius.cs.pdx.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ftEhullJWpWg/VHq" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200103051644.IAA26209@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>; from jrb@cs.pdx.edu on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 08:44:12AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 08:44:12AM -0800, Jim Binkley wrote: > Does anyone understand how channels actually work in BSS land? > I've never owned an AP so I don't understand how they operate. > I presumed that if you weren't worried about layer 2 loops, > you could operate it in ad hoc mode, with a fixed channel, OR > in BSS mode, what actually occurs? =20 In infrastructure mode you use the channel of the AP you are currently using. It changes automaticaly via the AP selection alogrithm built into the card's firmware. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6o9pyXY6L6fI4GtQRAtgTAKDisgPsKzmud+j/997Uw5NMs0w1bgCgoL3K bIfqLs3UZ8wFh0AY0R+c+YM= =sk6O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ftEhullJWpWg/VHq-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message