Re: adhoc doesn't work with centrino

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 11:54, jqdkf_at_army.com wrote:
> $ ifconfig ndis0 inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 \
>         ssid CACTUS mode 11b mediaopt adhoc up
>
> ifconfig shows that
>
> ndis0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         inet6 fe80::204:23ff:fe60:9df1%ndis0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
>         inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.0.255
>         ether 00:04:23:60:9d:f1
>         media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect
> <adhoc>) status: no carrier
>         ssid ""
>         channel 1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100
>         wepmode OFF weptxkey 1
>
> With wicontrol ndis0, I can see that
>
> Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc):            [ 0 ]
>
> I don't know how to change the port type to 3. There seems no documentation
> on that.

I wouldn't believe what is reported in wicontrol - I believe most of it is 
synthesised by the ndis framework. Ifconfig is probably more reliable.

> Also I noticed that, after I configured it to adhoc mode, the mouse doesn't
> move smoothly, which doesn't happen in BSS mode. Is there anything that I
> can do to make it work?

Hmm I don't get that..
You could try someone else's (another manufacterer) driver.. I use Dell's.
My page at http://www.gsoft.com.au/~doconnor/I8600/ has a link to it.

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