Re: connecting aironet and lucent 802.11b in ad hoc mode

> : 
> : There is some confusion[1] as to how you get `an` cards to talk to `wi`
> : cards (cisco aironet talking to lucent) in FreeBSD - it is non-intuitive.
> : 
> : Here is the process:
> : 
> : 1. on the wi side, set -c 1, and set -q "something", leave port type BSS.
> :         (do NOT configure as ad-hoc)
> : 
> : 2. on the an side, set -o 0 (ad-hoc) and `-v 1 -n "something"`
> : 
> : 3. I have tested this on channels 1,10, and 6, using FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE
> : 
> :         NOTE: output of `ifconfig -a` will say "status: no carrier" on the
> :         system with the lucent card.  The `ifconfig -a` output on the
> :         system with the aironet card will say "status: associated"
> : 
> : 4. SPEED TEST: (an says 11Mbps <adhoc>, wi says 2Mbps)
> :       1048576 bytes sent in 2.25 seconds (454.38KB/s)        3.635 mb/s
> :       1048576 bytes sent in 2.20 seconds (465.75KB/s)        3.726 mb/s
> :       (got same speeds on a file 10x that big)
> :       (using laptops with _slow_ (4200 rpm?) hard drives)
> : 
> : Step 1 refers to `wicontrol` commands.  Example: `wicontrol -i wi0 -c 1`
> : 
> : Step 2 refers to `ancontrol` commands.  Example: `ancontrol -i an0 -o 0`
> : 
> : 
> : [1] Thread on freebsd-mobile dated 2001-11-12
> 
> Soon it should be as simple as doing
> 
> ifconfig an0 mediaopt ibss
> ifconfig wi0 mediaopt ibss
> 
> Also, the above WILL NOT WORK AT ALL if you have old firmware on your
> lucent cards.  The old lucent cards won't do true 802.11b ibss mode
> before about 6.04 or so.  If your firmware is too old, you lose.
> 

Uhmm, shouldn't you commit the ifconfig media ibss stuff before it will
work? :-) Or have I missed its commit?

John
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