Re: Ad-hoc connection between XP and FreeBSD
Tobias Roth <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile |
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On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 10:38:23AM -0400, Wesley Morgan wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Tobias Roth wrote: > > > Did anyone suceed in setting up an ad-hoc wireless connection > > between a FreeBSD and a WinXP station? > > > > I use a soekris box with works perfectly for ad-hoc connections > > with another FreeBSD box, but not with WinXP. The options one > > can choose in XP look ok, you can select channel, network name, > > adhoc or basestation mode and other less related stuff. I tried > > all possible combinations that make sense, but no go. > > Make sure you are using the same "ad-hoc" type on both nodes. Lucent cards > have IEEE ad-hoc as well as a "demo" ad-hoc. Your SSID needs to be the > same as well. thanks, that did the trick. I have now a working ad-hoc connection between FreeBSD and WinXP. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"