Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:51:14 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Eirik Oeverby <ltning@anduin.net>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lucent IBSS mode doesn't work in -CURRENT? Message-ID: <1115404787.1059652274@melange.errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20030731093031.17deae97.ltning@anduin.net> References: <20030731045030.GH33447@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030731093031.17deae97.ltning@anduin.net>
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> I have a few Orinoco cards, and they 'work' in both ad-hoc and > infrastructure mode. However with dhclient it gets tricky, because it > will only work the first time dhclient assigns an address to the card. > Whenever it tries to refresh it or whatever, I start getting those > timeout and busy bit errors, and network connectivity drops. This > usually happens within a few minutes or latest after 30 minutes or so - > probably depending on your dhcpd/dhclient configuration. Configuring a > static IP lets me use the card, and it seems stable. > I recently tested adhoc mode 'cuz Greg said it didn't work and verified it worked for me with all my cards: Prism, Lucent (6.something firmware), and Atheros (5211, and 5212 in 11b talking to the Lucent and Prism cards). I did not use dhclient. Everything was statically configured. > I am really glad someone else is seeing this, perhaps it can get fixed > some day :) > > Oh and btw.. Get the *latest* firmware onto all your cards. That is > essential for anything to work right at all.. > I'm stuck upgrading because my Windows 2K Lucent driver is too out of date for any of the newer firmware revs. I believe I need at least rev 6.1 of the Win2K driver to run any of the firmware update tools. How did you upgrade your firmware? If anyone has the bits+pieces to rev firmware I'd like it so I can test the wi driver w/ different firmware revs. Sam
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