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

On Sunday,  3 August 2003 at 23:51:55 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20030804044432.GV95375_at_wantadilla.lemis.com>
>             "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog_at_freebsd.org> writes:
>> 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.
>
> Quit harping on it, ok.  We know there's a bug and carping like this
> makes me less willing to find and fix it.

I'm not harping on it, just pointing out that there's a difference
between a workaround and a fix.  If it hadn't been for that comment, I
wouldn't have replied at all.  I've borrowed an access point, so I'm
not in any pain right now.  Let me know if you want me to test
something.

Greg
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