Hello, I have installed Nevada b86 on my Apple MacBook.I am trying to connect to ad-hoc wireless network but no success.
Any information will be appreciated. Best Regards, -- Kazuyuki Sato -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * ad-hoc wireless netwok using WMWifirouter (http://www.wmwifirouter.com) - turns wifi enabled smartphone into a ad-hoc wireless internet hotspot. (DHCP server run on) connect from Windows, Mac OS X, Palm TX was no problem. * ad-hoc client Nevada b86 + ath 0.7.2 on Apple Macbook (Late 2006) - ath driver attached AR5418(pci168c,24) Using Infrastructure Mode is no problem. keeping of good connection. * My wificonfig procedure 1. scan wifi AP and ath0 plumb # ifconfig ath0 plumb # ifconfig ath0 ath0: flags=201000802<BROADCAST,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 6 inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0 ether 0:17:f2:ea:9:37 # wificonfig scan essid bssid type encryption signallevel WMWifiRouter 02:18:41:1c:1b:08 ad-hoc wep 15 # dladm scan-wifi LINK ESSID BSSID/IBSSID SEC STRENGTH MODE SPEED ath0 WMWifiRouter 2:18:41:1c:1b:8 wep excellent g 54Mb scan.d output: ========================================================== essid = WMWifiRouter sa = 00:18:41:57:d9:0b. bssid = 02:18:41:c6:39:06 channel: 11 erp: 7 basic rates quantity: 5: 1M, 2M ... extended rates quantity: 8: 6M, 6M ... capability info: 0x0012 bit 1: ibss bit 4: wep ========================================================== ========================================================== essid = WMWifiRouter sa = 00:18:41:57:d9:0b. bssid = 02:18:41:c6:39:06 channel: 11 erp: 7 basic rates quantity: 5: 1M, 2M ... extended rates quantity: 8: 6M, 6M ... capability info: 0x0012 bit 1: ibss bit 4: wep ========================================================== 2. create profile # wificonfig createprofile WMWifiRouter essid=WMWifiRouter \ bsstype=ibss encryption=wep wepkey1=0123456789abc 3. connect to profile # wificonfig connect WMWifiRouter wificonfig: connecting to profile 'WMWifiRouter' # wificonfig showstatus linkstatus: connected active profile: [WMWifiRouter] essid: WMWifiRouter bssid: 02:18:41:3b:49:08 encryption: wep signal strength: medium(9) $ dladm show-wifi LINK STATUS ESSID SEC STRENGTH MODE SPEED ath0 connected WMWifiRouter wep good g 1Mb 4. obtain IP address # ifconfig ath0 dhcp start ifconfig: ath0: wait timed out, operation still pending... # snoop -d ath0 Using device ath0 (promiscuous mode) OLD-BROADCAST -> BROADCAST DHCP/BOOTP DHCPDISCOVER OLD-BROADCAST -> BROADCAST DHCP/BOOTP DHCPDISCOVER OLD-BROADCAST -> BROADCAST DHCP/BOOTP DHCPDISCOVER OLD-BROADCAST -> BROADCAST DHCP/BOOTP DHCPDISCOVER try connect.d: no response.( if connect to Infrastructure mode is working) correct? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- scan.d and connect.d is excellent scripts. This message posted from opensolaris.org
