Hi, Managed to figure out why the essid was coming up garbled when putting my wireless card in ad-hoc mode. Apparently NetworkManager seems to be playing a role in some way. I turned off Network Manager before putting the card in ad-hoc mode and it works :) Just in case someone runs into this in the future, the steps I followed are as follows:
$ /etc/init.d/network-manager stop $ ifconfig wlan0 down $ iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc $ iwconfig wlan0 essid "xyz" $ ifconfig wlan0 up $ iwconfig wlan0 essid "xyz" Thanks everyone :) Jeetu http://ebrain.in - Pool in all the software on disparate devices around you. Discover and use software on any device around you. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 6:41 AM, jeetu.gol...@gmail.com < jeetu.gol...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been grappling with this for quite long and I would sincerely > appreciate if someone here could point out what I've been missing. > > I've been trying to get my wireless card working in ad-hoc mode however > strangely my essid ends up with garbled characters. This happens only in > ad-hoc mode, in managed mode the essid is retained correctly. > > The specs of what I'm using are as follows: > > Debian Testing > Kernel: Linux debian 2.6.32-5-amd64 > Wireless card: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] > Network Connection (rev 61) > Driver: iwlagn > firmware-iwlwifi version: 228.61.2.24 > > I was using the 2.6.30 kernel and upgraded since in ad-hoc mode other > devices could not see me and the essid would get garbled same as now. With > the new kernel devices can now see me in a iwlist scan however since I can't > set the essid of my device I'm unable to connect to any other network in > ad-hoc mode. > > Would sincerely appreciate if someone could point me out to what I should > try next. > > Thanks, > Jeetu > http://ebrain.in > - Pool in, discover and use all software on devices around you connected > via the mesh network. > *Developer code now released* > > >
