Re: ok then stupid question about IBSS mode

> 
> This is the result of the misleading terminology.  On Lucent cards,
> you need the following for an IBSS:
> 
>  wicontrol -p 1
>  wicontrol -n "IBSS"
> 
> In addition, *at least one* station (card) must do
> 
>  wicontrol -c 1
> 
> With the Lucent firmware, this creates a BSSID with the MAC address of
> that station, with bit 6 of the first octet set.  For example:
> 
>   Current BSSID:                          [ 02:02:2d:28:de:bf ]
>   MAC address:                            [ 00:02:2d:28:de:bf ]
> 
> This is the only contribution of this station.  Once it has done this,
> it can go away and the other stations can still communicate between
> each other. 

Your test is too static. What happens if your master went away and
a new slave pitch up? Or if one of the slaves went away for a while
and then come back?

John
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