Re: setting bssid in adhoc mode
"Paul B. Mahol" <[email protected]>
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On 9/25/08, John Hay <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 04:41:30PM +0200, Paul B. Mahol wrote: >> On 9/22/08, John Hay <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi >> > >> > I'm trying out the new ath/wlan stuff in current. Should one still be >> > able to set the bssid in adhoc mode? We normally lock the bssid in >> > an adhoc network because of problems that the network split and does >> > not merge, if you do not do it. >> > >> > What I have done is this: >> > >> > # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode adhoc >> > # ifconfig wlan0 ssid ptamesh up >> > >> > Up to here works well. It will scan and if it finds another node with >> > the >> > same ssid, it will "lock" on that channel and use the correct bssid. >> > >> > If it does not find another node with the same ssid, it will start it >> > own thing on channel 10. But it looks like one cannot set the bssid. >> > >> > # ifconfig wlan0 bssid 02:07:ca:fe:ba:be >> > ifconfig: 02:07:ca:fe:ba:be: bad value >> >> I had similar experience with STA mode, instead I use ap (ap is alias >> for bssid, at least it works in STA mode) >> I never bothered is this bug in manual page, ifconfig or in something else >> ... > > Ah, thanks yes, "ifconfig wlan0 ap 02:07:ca:fe:ba:be" works just fine. > Just do not try to unset it with "ifconfig wlan0 ap -". That is an > alias for "panic now" :-) Well, on my system it doesnt panic here. So more info to debug "your" panic is required ... > > So it looks like ifconfig is getting confused with the many different > uses of the keyword bssid. > > I must say I still do not understand what the other use for bssid is. > Close to the end of ifconfig/ifieee80211.c there are these: > > DEF_CMD_ARG("bssid", set80211bssid), > DEF_CMD_ARG("ap", set80211bssid), > ... > DEF_CLONE_CMD("bssid", 1, set80211clone_bssid), > DEF_CLONE_CMD("-bssid", 0, set80211clone_bssid), > > So my guess is that I was hitting the clone version when in fact I > needed the other version. Luckily ap does not have a clone version. > So when should the clone version be used? And how does ifconfig > decide which one to use? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"