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Date:      04 Jan 2001 17:23:17 +0100
From:      Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lucent Wavelan and 4.2 works like a charm.
Message-ID:  <5ly9wrgubu.fsf@assaris.sics.se>
In-Reply-To: Stefan `Sec` Zehl's message of "Thu, 4 Jan 2001 02:24:19 %2B0100"
References:  <20010104022419.A21547@matrix.42.org>

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Stefan `Sec` Zehl <sec@42.org> writes:
> A quick 'wicontrol -p 1' later everything
> worked.

I think the default should be changed to BSS.  See
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2000/12/31/0007.html for some
arguments.  Comments?

/assar

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Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=freebsd.wibss

Index: sys/i386/isa/if_wi.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/isa/if_wi.c,v
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -w -r1.31 if_wi.c
--- sys/i386/isa/if_wi.c	2000/12/18 23:49:56	1.31
+++ sys/i386/isa/if_wi.c	2001/01/04 16:22:49
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
 	    sizeof(WI_DEFAULT_IBSS) - 1);
 
 	sc->wi_portnum = WI_DEFAULT_PORT;
-	sc->wi_ptype = WI_PORTTYPE_ADHOC;
+	sc->wi_ptype = WI_PORTTYPE_BSS;
 	sc->wi_ap_density = WI_DEFAULT_AP_DENSITY;
 	sc->wi_rts_thresh = WI_DEFAULT_RTS_THRESH;
 	sc->wi_tx_rate = WI_DEFAULT_TX_RATE;
Index: share/man/man4/wi.4
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man4/wi.4,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -w -r1.9 wi.4
--- share/man/man4/wi.4	2000/03/03 06:58:30	1.9
+++ share/man/man4/wi.4	2001/01/04 16:22:49
@@ -69,14 +69,7 @@
 .Pp
 By default, the
 .Nm
-driver configures the WaveLAN card for ad-hoc operation.
-In this mode,
-stations can communicate among each other without the aid of an access
-point.
-To join a service set, the driver must be set for BSS mode using
-the
-.Xr wicontrol 8
-utility.
+driver configures the WaveLAN card for BSS operation.
 .Pp
 For more information on configuring this device, see
 .Xr ifconfig 8

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