You want 'AD-Hoc' mode, which malo doesn't seem to support. Sorry.
On 2008 Jun 19 (Thu) at 12:11:38 -0700 (-0700), christiaan simons wrote:
:Hi,
:
:Just installed a Netgear WG311 (v3) in my OpenBSD 4.2 box.
:It connects just fine to an open wlan close to me
:(one of the many) :evil:
:
:But this is not my intended application...
:I want to create a "computer-to-computer"
:net to a Mac with built-in Airport.
:(The Airport is also capable connecting
:to the open nets, so I assume also this hw is ok)
:
:The contents of my /etc/hostname.malo0 looks something like
:inet 172.16.0.1 255.255.0.0 172.16.255.255 mode 11g nwid "myid" chan 9
:
:And I've created a Computer-To-Computer connection
:on the Mac, also using channel 9, on network "myid".
:Both sides seem to report a configured NIC,
:but no usable connection, whatever I fiddle.
:Found that the Airport tries to use WEP by default,
:so I've set the security to "none".
:
:The distance between the NICs is only at most 10m,
:and no concrete walls, or other radio obstacles, AFAIK.
:
:So, what I'm doing wrong?
:Or should I manually select a link speed,
:or use 'monitor' mode since no AP is involved?
:(I'm a total wireless n00b)
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-- Nick Seldon
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