Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 11:37:46 GMT From: Li RUi jiang <lithium7456@sohu.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/88917: ipw can not work in adhoc mode Message-ID: <200511131137.jADBbkKl034779@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200511131140.jADBeMJl058842@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 88917 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: ipw can not work in adhoc mode >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 13 11:40:22 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Li RUi jiang >Release: 6.0 >Organization: Fudan university,ShangHai,China >Environment: FreeBSD lith.3322.org 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 4 04:19:50 CST 2005 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM_6 i386 >Description: The machine running windows is set to adhoc mode. ssid is cat On FreeBSD machine, I type: ---------------------------------- ipwcontrol -f /usr/local/share/ipw-firmware/ipw-i.fw ifconfig ipw0 mediaopt adhoc ifconfig ipw0 ssid cat ifconfig ipw0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig ipw0 up ------------------------------------- the led of wireless is on. then the windows machine says that it has detected a wireless network.. I choose join..and it said that the signal is very good. But the windows machine can not receive any packet...and it was sending packet continual. when I --------------------- sysctl net.wlan.debug=-1 sysctl net.wlan.0.debug=-1 -------------------- the first tty said that: "discard frame, not to bss" continual ------------------------------------- I am sure that my wireless card is good, and the windows machine's setting is right, because the wireless worked when I run Windows. My machine is IBM thinkpad T42 and my wireless card is ipw0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI> mem 0xc0210000-0xc0210fff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2 ipw0: Ethernet address:xxxxxxxxxx >How-To-Repeat: The machine running windows is set to adhoc mode. ssid is cat On FreeBSD machine, I type: ---------------------------------- ipwcontrol -f /usr/local/share/ipw-firmware/ipw-i.fw ifconfig ipw0 mediaopt adhoc ifconfig ipw0 ssid cat ifconfig ipw0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig ipw0 up ------------------------------------- the led of wireless is on. then the windows machine says that it has detected a wireless network.. I choose join..and it said that the signal is very good. But the windows machine can not receive any packet...and it was sending packet continual. when I --------------------- sysctl net.wlan.debug=-1 sysctl net.wlan.0.debug=-1 -------------------- the first tty said that:"discard frame, not to bss"continual >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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