Re: Lucent IBSS mode doesn't work in -CURRENT?

On Thursday, 31 July 2003 at  9:30:31 +0200, Eirik Oeverby wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I have a few Orinoco cards, and they 'work' in both ad-hoc and
> infrastructure mode. However with dhclient it gets tricky, because it
> will only work the first time dhclient assigns an address to the card.
> Whenever it tries to refresh it or whatever, I start getting those
> timeout and busy bit errors, and network connectivity drops. This
> usually happens within a few minutes or latest after 30 minutes or so -
> probably depending on your dhcpd/dhclient configuration. Configuring a
> static IP lets me use the card, and it seems stable.
>
> I am really glad someone else is seeing this, perhaps it can get fixed
> some day :)
>
> Oh and btw.. Get the *latest* firmware onto all your cards. That is
> essential for anything to work right at all..

That sounds wrong to me.  If it worked before, and it doesn't now,
that's not the fault of the firmware.

Greg
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