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Subject: Re: Dlink dwlg520 netgear WG311
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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