Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:50:37 +0100 From: Theo PAGTZIS <T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Jim Flowers <jflowers@peony.ezo.net>, Theo PAGTZIS <T.Pagtzis@cs.ucl.ac.uk>, Eric Kozowski <eric@svjava.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fbsd box acting as a wavelan BS Message-ID: <39AA35ED.BC9E6428@cs.ucl.ac.uk> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008261430500.2251-100000@peony.ezo.net> <39A9E404.F47030C7@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > Jim Flowers wrote: > > > > 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. > > You must've last checked a long time ago: > > DESCRIPTION > The wicontrol command controls the operation of WaveLAN/IEEE wireless > networking devices via the wi(4) driver. Most of the parameters that can > be changed relate to the IEEE 802.11 protocol which the WaveLAN imple- > ments. This includes the station name, whether the station is operating > in ad-hoc (point to point) or BSS (service set) mode, and the network > name of a service set to join (IBSS) if BSS mode is enabled. The wicon- > trol command can also be used to view the current settings of these pa- > rameters and to dump out the values of the card's statistics counters. > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ Wes, quite correct. I considered revisiting the matter non-important since anyone that would use fbsd 3.4 or later should have such features by default...(otherwise wavelan support would be pretty stranded :).. Now, I have my reservations about the card's statistics counters.....I have yet to see working statistics on the wavelan interface...That has *not* been working since 3.4 for me...anyone that can tell me I am wrong...please do as I want to use these stats pretty badly... Theo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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