Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:01:10 -0400 From: <freebsd-mobile@tcpipbitch.net> To: "'Emanuel Haupt'" <haupt@outof.ch>, <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: wireless question Message-ID: <001201c22794$22743780$030aa8c0@tcpipbitch.net> In-Reply-To: <200207091535.46973.haupt@outof.ch>
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"wicontrol -p 3" on both machines will change from BSS to ad-hoc mode (which is how I am running my gateway with dlink pci internal wireless card and laptop with dlink pcmcia card). As far as I know, there is no way to specify using ifconfig adhoc of bss mode, so on laptop find your card in /etc/defaults/pccard.conf and add "insert wicontrol -p 3" so you don't have to keep running the command by hand everytime you boot laptop. I cant remember off hand where I stuck the wicontrol command for the gateway box, and I also only have 2 machines, I have no idea what would happen if you introduced a third wireless card or more, I have not played around with the boxes for a while, I got them up and running and have been busy since. Also, I am not using any encryption at the moment, so I have no clue if that will throw a spanner in the works or not, may want to disable that till you get a link up and running and passing traffic first. Jason -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Emanuel Haupt Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:36 AM To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: wireless question hi mailing list, i have two U.S. Robotics (USR022410) wireless lan cards (PCMCIA Type 2). one fo these cards comes with a PCMCIA to PCI adapter card. so i tryed to build an access point with a box running freebsd 4.6. after cvsuping to 4.6-STABLE and the necessary kernel options the card and the adapter was recognized perfectly (see below --server start--). the client (a dell laptop running fbsd 5.0-DP1) also recognized the card perfectly. i took the following resource as configuration guide: [configuring a freebsd accesspoint...] http://www.samag.com/documents/s=7121/sam0205a/sam0205a.htm but after all the both machines tell me still: status: no carrier what did i do wrong? any idea? thanks in advance emanuel --server start-- wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::290:d1ff:fe07:b200%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 10.0.0.77 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 ether 00:90:d1:07:b2:00 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier ssid frfa 1:frfa stationname alaska channel 7 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:64-bit --server end-- --laptop (client) start-- wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 10.0.0.78 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255 inet6 fe80::290:d1ff:fe07:b064%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 ether 00:90:d1:07:b0:64 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (DS/2Mbps) status: no carrier ssid frfa 1:frfa stationname alaska channel 10 authmode NONE powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 wepmode MIXED weptxkey 1 wepkey 1:64-bit --laptop end-- --wicontrol output server-- NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ] Station name: [ alaska ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ frfa ] Current netname (SSID): [ frfa ] Desired netname (SSID): [ frfa ] Current BSSID: [ 44:44:44:44:44:44 ] Channel list: [ 8191 ] IBSS channel: [ 7 ] Current channel: [ 12 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 27 27 ] Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ] MAC address: [ 00:90:d1:07:b2:00 ] TX rate (selection): [ 3 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 5 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ] Create IBSS: [ On ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] WEP encryption: [ On ] TX encryption key: [ 1 ] Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ] --wicontrol output server end-- --wicontrol output client-- NIC serial number: [ 99SA01000000 ] Station name: [ alaska ] SSID for IBSS creation: [ frfa ] Current netname (SSID): [ frfa ] Desired netname (SSID): [ frfa ] Current BSSID: [ 44:44:44:44:44:44 ] Channel list: [ 8191 ] IBSS channel: [ 7 ] Current channel: [ 11 ] Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 0 27 27 ] Promiscuous mode: [ Off ] Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc): [ 1 ] MAC address: [ 00:90:d1:07:b0:64 ] TX rate (selection): [ 3 ] TX rate (actual speed): [ 2 ] RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ] Create IBSS: [ On ] Access point density: [ 1 ] Power Mgmt (1=on, 0=off): [ 0 ] Max sleep time: [ 100 ] WEP encryption: [ On ] TX encryption key: [ 1 ] Encryption keys: [ 12345 ][ ][ ][ ] --wicontrol output client end-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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