Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:48:42 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: "mikecasa@katamail.com" <mikecasa@katamail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dlink dwlg520 netgear WG311 Message-ID: <200402071148.42273.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <193.204.26.9%2BnkhDG9D2aPIJBCLEdbV@all-1.inet.it> References: <193.204.26.9%2BnkhDG9D2aPIJBCLEdbV@all-1.inet.it>
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 05:07, mikecasa@katamail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a little problem!
>
> I have to configure my dlink dwl g520 and netgear WG311 card for Freebs=
d in
> ad hoc mode, but it doesn't.
>
> I have installed Freebsd 5.2 on two machines.
> On the first i have typed :
>
> ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff0 ssid my_net mode 11b
> mediaopt adhoc.
Possibly/probably has nothing to do with the problem you are experiencing=
;
but your net mask value seems to have lost a digit ( '0' ?)
0xffffff0 --> 0xffffff00
>
> On the second i have typed :
>
> ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff0 ssid my_net mode 11b
> mediaopt adhoc.
Ditto
>
> When the machine try to ping each other, I see arp request message and=
arp
> reply message, but machines don't ping each other.
>
> Can you help me?
>
> Mikele.
Malcolm Kay
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