Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 00:22:01 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Lystopad Oleksandr <laa@laa.zp.ua> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ral0 <--> wi0 (4.11) ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1080527225822.4958C-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <20080527125248.GR6061@laa.zp.ua>
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On Tue, 27 May 2008, Lystopad Oleksandr wrote: > On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:21:21PM +1000 > smithi@nimnet.asn.au wrote about "Re: ral0 <--> wi0 (4.11) ?": > > On Tue, 27 May 2008, Lystopad Oleksandr wrote: > > > I need to build wireless link between FreeBSD 4.11 with wi0 (adhoc) > > > interface and FreeBSD 7.0 with ral0 interface. I try many modes and > > > mediaopts, but no luck. :( > > > > > > Please, help me build wireless network with that environment. > > > > By omission, ral(4) implies that it won't do adhoc or hostap modes - > > despite what ifconfig says below, perhaps what you told it? - so you > > maybe can only use it in a BSS network, to an access point. Boring. > > > > That they both say 'associated' means they can 'see' each other, but > > still have no common mode to talk in. Been there, it's confusing .. > > > > Possibly the only way these two can talk is if your wi(4) card uses a > > Prism chipset, and so may work in hostap mode. Mine's a Cabletron with > > Lucent chipset, which can't, but works fine in 11b adhoc or BSS modes. > > > > Your best bet might be replacing one or the other with an Atheros card, > > which can do all three of adhoc (IBSS), BSS client or hostap modes, so > > should talk to either - or both, in hostap mode - of the others. > > Ian, thank you very much for your quick answer! Nothing much on TV :) > Please, point me to 2-3 pci nics with well FreeBSD support which can > do all of modes adhoc, hostap, BSS client. Passing this back to the list .. I only have the old wi pccard myself. ath(4) shows lots of brands/models and is very actively supported by sam@, but people can perhaps recommend others that can do all modes? cheers, Ian
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