Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 14:39:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Flowers <jflowers@peony.ezo.net> To: Theo PAGTZIS <T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk> Cc: Eric Kozowski <eric@svjava.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsd box acting as a wavelan BS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008261430500.2251-100000@peony.ezo.net> In-Reply-To: <39A805D7.95A813AF@cs.ucl.ac.uk>
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Last I checked the wi driver will not do IBSS and says so in the documentation. I also tried it and couldn't get anywhere. Would be nice. Even better would be to use the algos in their office router stuff. We're looking at that now. We currently use a fbsd box to connect the Internet to a WavePointII on one frequency and then on a second frequency we connect multipoint users with fbsd boxes. Works very well although the WavePointII has to be monitored continuously. Bandwidth varies from 600 kbps to about 3000 kbps. Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> #4 ranked ISP on C|NET #1 in Ohio On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > Eric Kozowski wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 05:16:16PM +0100, Theo PAGTZIS wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Has anyone managed to configure a fbsd box as a Wavelan BS ? > > > > yes it's easy. which wavelan card are you using? > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > Wavelan Orinoco...Silver (with the ISA bridge) > > I would like to know how but ...do you really mean that the fbsd box is > acting a base station with the wavelan card in *infrastructure* mode or > do you mean that the box operates in ad-hoc (peer to peer ) mode. Adhoc > mode is very easy...what I want is to have the fbsd base station act as > an access point where _many_ clients can associate....not just one.... > > so which of the two does the fbsd "wavelan BS" do ...adhoc mode (peer to > peer connection ) or infrastructure mode...??? > > If it works in ad-hoc mode the PCF and DCF functions are not really > happening...which is what a BS is all about... > > Don't you agree? (or anyone else) > > > Theo > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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