Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:38:18 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD - windows wavelan interop Message-ID: <20010207173818.G12123@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0102071728240.9552-100000@volatile.chemikals.org>; from morganw@chemikals.org on Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 05:33:28PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0102071728240.9552-100000@volatile.chemikals.org>
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Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> probably said: > I just added a pair of wavelan cards to my network and found them quite > easy to use with freebsd out of the box. However, interoperability with > one in windows is nonexistant. the most recent windows drivers use a different ad-hoc mode. Downgrade to the old drivers if you want this to work right now. > No settings seems to allow them to communicate. I have seen several > posts referring to changing the ad-hoc mode to BSS, but this only > seems to disable the cards completely (all led's turn off). BSS mode is for use with a base station, liek an Apple Airport which is what I use. If you don't have a base station it won't work. > And why does the encryption in windows always seem to jump > back to alphanumeric keys even when I am using (and originally input) > hexadecimal keys. because thats the way the windows driver stuff was written. P. -- pir pir@pir.net pir@net.tufts.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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