Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 23:56:56 -0700 (PDT) From: John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: connecting aironet and lucent 802.11b in ad hoc mode Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206182355160.3595-100000@www>
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There is some confusion[1] as to how you get `an` cards to talk to `wi`
cards (cisco aironet talking to lucent) in FreeBSD - it is non-intuitive.
Here is the process:
1. on the wi side, set -c 1, and set -q "something", leave port type BSS.
(do NOT configure as ad-hoc)
2. on the an side, set -o 0 (ad-hoc) and `-v 1 -n "something"`
3. I have tested this on channels 1,10, and 6, using FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE
NOTE: output of `ifconfig -a` will say "status: no carrier" on the
system with the lucent card. The `ifconfig -a` output on the
system with the aironet card will say "status: associated"
4. SPEED TEST: (an says 11Mbps <adhoc>, wi says 2Mbps)
1048576 bytes sent in 2.25 seconds (454.38KB/s) 3.635 mb/s
1048576 bytes sent in 2.20 seconds (465.75KB/s) 3.726 mb/s
(got same speeds on a file 10x that big)
(using laptops with _slow_ (4200 rpm?) hard drives)
Step 1 refers to `wicontrol` commands. Example: `wicontrol -i wi0 -c 1`
Step 2 refers to `ancontrol` commands. Example: `ancontrol -i an0 -o 0`
[1] Thread on freebsd-mobile dated 2001-11-12
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