[Prism54-users] prism54 as AP

[Tim Dijkstra]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:21:28 +0100
Tim Dijkstra <newsuser@famdijkstra.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 20:42:01 +0300
> Rob Gipman <gipmanr@mtn.co.ug> wrote:
> 
> > Luis is right,
> > 
> > I have here 2 sitecom cards, one pci the other pcmcia both 11G so
> > 54Mb. GF has a Acer laptop with build in wifi 11b. they all
> > communicate fine on 11Mb as this is the max 11B supports, also the
> > encryption can only be 64bit as this is the max for 11b cards.
> 
> My set up is the following: I have a linksys WRT54G AP
> (temporarily), a pc with a SMC2808W (prism54) pci card and a laptop
> with a 11B card built in (works with orinoco_cs dirver).
> 
> Both the laptop and prism54 work perfectly as client of the linksys.
> If I try without the linksys and the prism54 card as AP (which is the
> goal), there is no evidence the two (laptop and prism54) see each
> other.

Well apparently the problem was solved by putting the prism54 card on a
specific frequency

iwconfig eth2 freq 2.432G

After that it worked. I'm not sure if this is a bug or feature, but I
thought I'd mention I have solved my problems.

grts Tim