[Prism54-devel] [patch] Re: [Prism54-users] Default channel is unsupported?

[Bjørn Mork]

"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@studorgs.rutgers.edu> writes:

>> I guess this isn't very likely to happen in real life, but
>>
>> # iwconfig eth0 mode master essid xx
>> # iwconfig eth0 mode managed
>> # iwconfig eth0 mode master
>>
>> results in essid = "default" and not "xx" like I would expect.
>
> Well what if you do
>
> iwconfig eth0 mode Managed essid MyAP
> iwconfig eth0 mode Master
>
> You'd be setting your old Managed mode essid to your new AP's essid.

I see your point.  But at least these two commands should be
equivalent: 

# iwconfig eth1 mode master essid xx
# iwconfig eth1 essid xx mode master

The Debian wireless-tools scripts use the last one, which doesn't
work (resulting essid is "default").


Bjørn