Re: managed mode works but not the ad-hoc mode !
Jean-Luc Touchevier <[email protected]>
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Normally it does : "NDIS doesn't support Master/Repeater/Monitor modes. The only modes supported are Ad-Hoc and Managed." cf. http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/FAQ keter wrote: >i dont think ndiswrapper does ad-hoc > > > >>Hello all, >> >>I have two labtops HP Omnibook XE2 with a Wireless PCMCIA Card Trendnet >>TEW-421PC (configured with ndiswrapper). >>Both of them run under a Mandriva Linux LE 2005. >>I would like these two labtops to communicate in ad-hoc. >>Here is my problem : the managed mode works whithout problem but not the >>ad-hoc mode ! >>In ad-hoc mode the wireless card is power on (the first light is on) but >>don't send any packets (the second light blinks never) ! >> >>However the interface wlan0 seems to be correctly configured : >> >> iwconfig >> lo no wireless extensions. >> >> wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"aron" Nickname:"guillaume" >> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.26GHz Cell: 00:00:00:00:00:00 >> Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power:10 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 >> RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2312 B >> Encryption key:88ED-D >> B0-FDE4-C95D-670B-B890-CD Security mode:restricted >> Power Management:off >> Link quality:100 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 >> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 >> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 >> >> site0 no wireless extensions. >> >>A ping request results in "Destination Host unreachable" and a "iwlist >>wlan0 scan" lists only my cell. >> >>I don't understand. Any ideas ? >> >>Thank you very much >>jl >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Linux-wlan-user mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.linux-wlan.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-wlan-user >> >> >> > > > > > > >