Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:41:46 +0800 From: jqdkf@army.com To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adhoc doesn't work with centrino Message-ID: <20040306034146.GA1387@cactus.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20040305190814.A69FB16A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040305012447.GA774@cactus.homeunix.org> <20040305190814.A69FB16A4CF@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 11:08:14AM -0800, Bill Paul wrote: > Uhm... leave out the "mode 11b" part. You don't have to do anything > to force 11b mode (especially since most Centrino NICs are 11b only > anyway). > > Just do: > > # ifconfig ndis0 inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 \ > ssid CATCUS mediaopt adhoc up > > I have gotten ad-hoc mode to work on the Centrino with my home network > (it was the first thing I tested) so you ought to be able to get it > to connect. Be wary of getting too clever with setting media options with > ifconfig on if_ndis at this point: it needs work. > > The two things which I know will work are: > > # ifconfig ndis0 mediaopt adhoc <-- select adhoc mode > # ifconfig ndis0 media autoselect <-- select BSS mode > > If it doesn't associate right away, you might try doing > "ifconfig ndis0 down; ifconfig ndis0 up" once or twice to reset it, > though in my tests I don't think this was necessary. > > Also, the only useful thing you can do with wicontrol(8) at this > point is an AP scan: > > # wicontrol -i ndis0 -l > > The only reason wicontrol does this is... er... well... we don't have > any other standard utility in FreeBSD that can do it. > Unfortunately, it still doesn't work. A strange thing is that, when I specify adhoc with ifconfig, the light which shows wireless connection will turn off, while if I use autoselect, it will turn on. I really don't understand why it works with bss mode but not adhoc mode. -- Zeng Nan Simple is Beautiful.
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