problems with enterasy 802.11DS
David Gibson
david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Sat Mar 15 22:50:31 EST 2003
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 11:57:07AM +1000, ScapeSmerk at netscape.net wrote:
> Not sure if anyone can help me here but..
>
> I am running an Ad-Hoc network, 2 laptops with identical Enterasys 802.11DS
> cards & RH7.3 OS.
>
> I am trying to set them so that they will use ibss which i have read can be
> done using the command:
> iwpriv set_port3 0
>
> when i run this command it returns:
>
> [root at eldric root]# iwpriv eth0 set_port3 0
> eth0 no private ioctls.
[snip]
> wvlan_cs: eth0 Tx timed out! Resetting card
> wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 e0 63 82 db f2
> wvlan_cs: Found firmware 0x60004 (vendor 1) - Firmware capabilities :
> 1-0-1-1-1
> wvlan_cs: Valid channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
You're using the old wvlan_cs driver. Only the newer orinoco driver
supports the iwpriv setting (although it will use IBSS mode by
default, anyway).
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