[Prism54-users] FYI: Master Mode / Ad-hoc mode broken

[feyd@seznam.cz]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 19:19:50 -0500 (EST)
"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@ruslug.rutgers.edu> wrote:

> 
> While finally doing some tests for Master Mode I noticed Master mode can
> only be enabled if you
> 
> ifconfig eth1 up
> iwconfig eth1 mode Master essid haha commit
> ifconfig eth1 down
> ifconfig eth1 up


For me it works (in 2.6.0-test10) without the up/down cycle:

ip l set eth1 up
ip l set eth2 up

iwconfig eth1 mode master essid x channel 7
iwconfig eth2 mode managed essid x channel 7

ip a a 192.168.1.1/24 brd + dev eth1

eth1      PRISM Duette/GT  ESSID:"x"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.442GHz  Access Point: 00:04:E2:80:9C:8E
          Bit Rate:54Mb/s   Sensitivity=20/200
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:33  Signal level:0  Noise level:225
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth2      PRISM Duette/GT  ESSID:"x"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.442GHz  Access Point: 00:04:E2:80:9C:8E
          Bit Rate:54Mb/s   Sensitivity=20/200
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:125/0  Signal level:-8 dBm  Noise level:-146 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

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Feyd