i386/88917: ipw can not work in adhoc mode

Li RUi jiang lithium7456 at sohu.com
Sun Nov 13 03:40:24 PST 2005


>Number:         88917
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       ipw can not work in adhoc mode
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 13 11:40:22 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Li RUi jiang
>Release:        6.0
>Organization:
Fudan university,ShangHai,China
>Environment:
FreeBSD lith.3322.org 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov  4 04:19:50 CST 2005     root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM_6  i386

>Description:
The machine running windows is set to adhoc mode. 
ssid is cat

On FreeBSD machine, I type:
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ipwcontrol -f /usr/local/share/ipw-firmware/ipw-i.fw
ifconfig ipw0 mediaopt adhoc
ifconfig ipw0 ssid cat
ifconfig ipw0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
ifconfig ipw0 up
-------------------------------------
the led of wireless is on. 

then the windows machine says that it has detected a wireless network..
I choose join..and it said that the signal is very good.

But the windows machine can not receive any packet...and it was sending packet
continual. 

when I
---------------------
sysctl net.wlan.debug=-1
sysctl net.wlan.0.debug=-1
--------------------
the first tty said that:

"discard frame, not to bss"

continual
-------------------------------------
I am sure that my wireless card is good, and the windows machine's setting is right,
because the wireless worked when I run Windows.

My machine is 

IBM thinkpad T42
and my wireless card is 

ipw0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 MiniPCI> mem 0xc0210000-0xc0210fff irq 11 at device 2.0 on pci2
ipw0: Ethernet address:xxxxxxxxxx

>How-To-Repeat:
The machine running windows is set to adhoc mode. 
ssid is cat

On FreeBSD machine, I type:
----------------------------------
ipwcontrol -f /usr/local/share/ipw-firmware/ipw-i.fw
ifconfig ipw0 mediaopt adhoc
ifconfig ipw0 ssid cat
ifconfig ipw0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
ifconfig ipw0 up
-------------------------------------
the led of wireless is on. 

then the windows machine says that it has detected a wireless network..
I choose join..and it said that the signal is very good.

But the windows machine can not receive any packet...and it was sending packet
continual. 

when I
---------------------
sysctl net.wlan.debug=-1
sysctl net.wlan.0.debug=-1
--------------------
the first tty said that:"discard frame, not to bss"continual

 
>Fix:
              
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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