Re: wi question

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 13:36:23 -0700
"Matt Peterson" <[email protected]> wrote:

> This is because in an ad-hoc network, STA's must sync up with a BSSID.
> Thus each time your W2K box reboots, this will be renegotiated.  You
> might want to run a cron job to ping your W2K box, and either up/down
> the interface or -n "proven" should also re-sync them.  I could also
> be on crack.

Thanks for your answer.

Just to make sure I understand this correctly.  Is this a problem with
the W2K box in that it doesn't announce itself and renegotiate the BSSID
on boot?

Anyway, one of the symptoms I am seeing is that after a reboot of the
W2K box, neither box can ping the other.  I need to nudge the wi driver
on the FreeBSD box before pings work.  The cron job certainly is an
option but it strikes me a kludge.  But then again I don't know the
802.11b protocol.

Cheers,

-- Norbert Papke.
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