wireless adhoc

[Jiri Mikulas]

Hi
adhoc mode for ATH chipsets is still broken ..
see
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2003-October/002146.html

For wi based cards adhoc mode works fine.. (I have Zcom XI-626 Prism 2.5 
based cards)
Jiri

Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, mikecasa at katamail.com wrote:
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>>I have a little problem, I have to run a mobile adhoc network, but i don't konw what card PCI i have to buy.
>>I saw that freebsd support chipset atheros, but i want to be sure what i buy.
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>>Have you just realized such mobile network?
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>Your choices for 802.11g are rather limited as far as chipsets go. I'd
>recommend anything that's based on the atheros. If you want to use native
>FreeBSD drivers, stay clear of Broadcom-based cards. If you end up buying
>something that isn't supported yet, you can give the NDISulator ("Project
>Evil") a spin. It'll let you use the Windows driver through an emulation
>shim.
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>If you're only looking for 802.11b, you have a number of choices. I'd get
>a Prism-based or Cisco Aironet 35x-series set of cards.
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>Regards,
>Andy
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