Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 12:16:12 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman <Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com> To: "'Jiri Mikulas'" <konfer@mikulas.com>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: freebsd laptop as wireless AP Message-ID: <3500515B75D9D311948800508BA37955014BDB44@EX-LONDON>
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<SNIP> > > Its all looking good to start, the 3com 3c589 pcmcia lan > card connects to > > the wired side fine and ifconfig and wicontrol will talk to > wi0 but if I try > > and tell it to go into hostapp mode (as detailed in the > handbook) i get > > wlan-gate# ifconfig wi0 ssid testing channel 7 media > DS/11Mbps mediaopt > > hostap up stationname "test AP" > > ifconfig SIOCSIFMEDIA: Device not configured > > > > I'm not sure, but I think that hostap works only with prism > 2.5 chipsets > check man wi.. > Jiri. Sorry my typo, it has the prism 2.5 chipset. > > I know the card works as i've tested it (in adhoc) on a > windows2k machine. > > any suggestions ? > But IMHO ad-hoc is not case of hostap mode (infrastructure as > AP works) > Jiri. > I only mentioned that as proof it worked at all ;) didnt mean to imply anything. man wi list the dwl-650 as supporting hostap or i wouldnt have tried :)
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