[Debian-eeepc-devel] Re : Wifi : no "Ad-Hoc" or "Master" mode.

[Federico Castagnini]

Hi Rémi

i have a eeePC 900 and i was able to use it in Ad-Hoc mode.

first a want to say that i dont talk a lot of english.
second i am not an expert. The eeePC wifi adapter was my first contact
with this technology, so double check everything i wrote here :D

The "iwconfig ath0 mode ad-hoc"  command does not work for the Atheros driver.
i found on some pages a procedure like this:

wlanconfig ath0 destroy
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode adhoc

that should be enough to set up the ath0 iface in ad-hoc mode.
iwconfig ath0

i use this guide for everything else
http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi#head-449fb8718e52dfcf384b91234fcba1d830339857

i hope this helps you

best regards
Federico Castagnini


On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Rémi Bouhl <remibouhl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> eeePC 701.
>
> 2008/9/8, Iván Sánchez Ortega <ivan at sanchezortega.es>:
> > El Lunes, 8 de Septiembre de 2008, Rémi Bouhl escribió:
> >> I am trying to make my eeePC a Wifi Access point, it does not work.
> >> Ad-Hoc mode does not work too.
> >>
> >> remi at eeePC:~$ sudo iwconfig ath0 mode Master
> >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> >>     SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.
> >
> > Which eeepc model do you have? Remember that 901s do not have Atheros
> > (madwifi
> > driver) cards, but Ralink (rt2860 driver) cards.
> >
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