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From: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: setting bssid in adhoc mode
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On 9/22/08, John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying out the new ath/wlan stuff in current. Should one still be
> able to set the bssid in adhoc mode? We normally lock the bssid in
> an adhoc network because of problems that the network split and does
> not merge, if you do not do it.
>
> What I have done is this:
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode adhoc
> # ifconfig wlan0 ssid ptamesh up
>
> Up to here works well. It will scan and if it finds another node with the
> same ssid, it will "lock" on that channel and use the correct bssid.
>
> If it does not find another node with the same ssid, it will start it
> own thing on channel 10. But it looks like one cannot set the bssid.
>
> # ifconfig wlan0 bssid 02:07:ca:fe:ba:be
> ifconfig: 02:07:ca:fe:ba:be: bad value

I had similar experience with STA mode, instead I use ap (ap is alias
for bssid, at least it works in STA mode)
I never bothered is this bug in manual page, ifconfig or in something else ...