Wanted: wireless network card

[David Gibson]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 10:45:04PM -0700, Vic Berdin wrote:
> > What's your network setup?  What sort of AP do you
> > have?
> 
> it's a lucent AP configured as Ad-Hoc. i did sent my
> essid correctly, in fact, my orinoco silver works with
> it (i also have an intersil and it *somewhat* works
> with it too, just a few TX and BAP from time to time).
> I also take note of what wireless tools command my
> cards support. Sometimes issuing unsupported iwconfig
> command sends my Intersil card to oblivion (or it
> seems like it).

That would explain it.  iwconfig showed that you were in Managed mode,
but if the AP is set to ad-hoc mode you'll need to be in ad-hoc mode
too.  "iwconfig mode ad-hoc" should do the trick.

> > Gosh, I'm surprised it even compiles with 2.2.19. 
> > This may be the
> > source of the trouble.
> 
> whah?! you mean I'm on the wrong side of the road?
> well actually, my environment is a LEAF Dachstein
> 2.2.19 LRP (http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/). But I build
> my modules on a RH6.2 box with a 2.2.19 source tree.
> Same tree I use when adding features to my LRP kernel.
> 
> Actually, all I'm really after is to determine the
> brand/model of wireless card that I can use for my
> environment, and be able to switch from Ad-Hoc and AP
> mode without having to replace my card.
> 
> Also, one of my wishlist is for orinoco drivers to
> support bridging (I can do bridging with hostap).

Hmm.. right, you're not the first person to ask for it.  I'll have to
find out what a driver needs to do to support bridging.

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