one more question about the same thing. i got my access point i wish
to use on a NWID that noone else uses. i specify this nwid using
ifconfig on my clients. however, as soon as i get a better signal from
another access point on a different NWID, my card switches, and my
clients lose their connection. here's what it looks like:
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$ ifconfig wi0
wi0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
lladdr 00:80:c6:e3:1c:ff
description: "dhcp
groups: egress
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect (DS11)
status: active
ieee80211: nwid linksys_9f 2dBm (auto)
inet6 fe80::280:c6ff:fee3:1cff%wi0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 192.168.1.75 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
$ wicontrol
NIC serial number: [ 000000003841 ]
Station name: [ WaveLAN/IEEE node ]
SSID for IBSS creation: [ IBSS ]
Current netname (SSID): [ greenmonster ]
Desired netname (SSID): [ linksys_9f ]
Current BSSID: [ 00:0c:41:68:70:f8 ]
Channel list: [ 2047 ]
IBSS channel: [ 1 ]
Current channel: [ 4 ]
Comms quality/signal/noise: [ 36 67 4 ]
Promiscuous mode: [ Off ]
Process 802.11b Frame: [ Off ]
Port type (1=BSS, 3=ad-hoc, 6=Host AP): [ 1 ]
MAC address: [ 00:80:c6:e3:1c:ff ]
TX rate (selection): [ 3 ]
TX rate (actual speed): [ 11 ]
Maximum data length: [ 2304 ]
RTS/CTS handshake threshold: [ 2347 ]
Create IBSS: [ Off ]
Antenna diversity (0=auto,1=pri,2=aux): [ ]
Microwave oven robustness: [ On ]
Roaming mode(1=firm,3=disable): [ 1 ]
Access point density: [ 1 ]
Power Management: [ Off ]
Max sleep time: [ 100 ]
Enhanced Security mode: [ ]
Intersil Prism2-based card: [ 1 ]
Card info: [ PRISM2 HWB3163 rev.B, Firmware 1.4.9 ]
Encryption: [ Off ]
Encryption algorithm: [ Firmware WEP ]
Authentication type
(1=OpenSys, 2=Shared Key): [ 1 ]
TX encryption key: [ 1 ]
Encryption keys: [ ][ ][ ][ ]
$ sudo wicontrol -L
AP Information
ap[0]: netname (SSID): [ greenmonster ]
BSSID: [ 00:0c:41:68:70:f8 ]
Channel: [ 4 ]
Beacon Interval: [ 100 ]
Quality/Signal/Noise [signal]: [ 12 / 22 / 10 ]
Capinfo: [ ESS PRIV ]
DataRate [Mbps]: [ 11.0 ]
AvailableRates [Mbps]: [ 1.0 5.5 11.0 11.0 ]
ap[1]: netname (SSID): [ linksys_9f ]
BSSID: [ 00:13:10:e8:9f:44 ]
Channel: [ 6 ]
Beacon Interval: [ 100 ]
Quality/Signal/Noise [signal]: [ 11 / 21 / 10 ]
Capinfo: [ ESS ]
DataRate [Mbps]: [ 11.0 ]
AvailableRates [Mbps]: [ 1.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 18.0 24.0 36.0 54.0 ]
$
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notice the:
> Current netname (SSID): [ greenmonster ]
> Desired netname (SSID): [ linksys_9f ]
but "wicontrol -L" proves that the other access point is still there.
this just happens when greenmonster's signal is stronger than
linksys_9f's.
sorry, but this is so frustrating to me, i can tell ifconfig to use a
certain nwid, channel, &c; but as soon as it gets a better signal from
another access point, it's game over.
any help is _much_ appreciated.
lucas reddinger
