Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 08:25:10 -0700 From: Jim Binkley <jrb@cs.pdx.edu> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: re Lucent 802.11 cards Message-ID: <200107061525.IAA18087@sirius.cs.pdx.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Jul 2001 08:16:51 PDT." <200107061516.IAA17868@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>
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I have a few thoughts on Nick's email ... 1. It would indeed be a really good idea to capture in the man page whatever the heck it is that the lucent cards do. Possibly if we combine everyone's knowledge on this mailing list ... we MIGHT be able to figure that out. :-> I was left wondering if Lucent has got both the 2 known "major" modes (call them what you will ... say IBSS and managed), and has two variations? Plus throw in rts/cts, and the AP/power mode. 2. more generally it would be useful to figure out how 802.11 works (in terms of packet mechanics) and possibly put that somewhere as well ... In the hopes of weeding out the permanent confusion that exists. # 2 smacks of a FAQ. Nick, I will help with the man page if desired. regards, Jim Binkley jrb@cs.pdx.edu Your message <200107061516.IAA17868@sirius.cs.pdx.edu>: > >To: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> >Subject: Re: wicontrol -p args >In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Jul 2001 19:29:51 PDT." > <3B45229F.10403@quack.kfu.com> >Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 08:15:29 -0700 >From: Jim Binkley <jrb@cs.pdx.edu> > > >So what the heck is peer to peer mode and how does it >differ from adhoc IBSS mode? which is: > ># wicontrol -p 1 ># wicontrol -c 1 ># wicontrol -n someessid > >and then we have managed mode > >managed ># wicontrol -p 1 ># wicontrol -c 0 ># wicontrol -n ornot ... > >and then we have demo ad hoc mode, which was not IBSS mode ... >and does not interop with any other hw from other vendors. > >demo ad hoc ># wicontrol -p 3 > >?!!! > > regards, > > Jim Binkley > jrb@cs.pdx.edu >Your message <3B45229F.10403@quack.kfu.com>: >>I had a chance today to set up a network between a win9x machine and my >>laptop today without an Airport, and found that what actually works is >>to use -p 0 rather than -p 3. I believe the difference is between "ad >>hoc" mode (-p 3) and "peer to peer" mode (-p 0). >> >>I think this is something that has come up before, so I would suggest >>that the man page for wicontrol be augmented to add -p 0. >> >>I also would like to suggest an EXAMPLES section for this page that will >>give example start_if.wi0 scripts to set up the BSS and peer-to-peer cases. >> >>I'll be happy to do this, though I would probably do better if I could >>work with a manmeister to get it formatted right. :-) >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > >- --IAA17818.994432532/sirius.cs.pdx.edu-- > >------- End of Forwarded Message > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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