On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 07:00:55PM +0100, Theo PAGTZIS wrote:
> Eric Kozowski wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 05:16:16PM +0100, Theo PAGTZIS wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Has anyone managed to configure a fbsd box as a Wavelan BS ?
> >
> > yes it's easy. which wavelan card are you using?
> >
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> Wavelan Orinoco...Silver (with the ISA bridge)
>
> I would like to know how but ...do you really mean that the fbsd box is
> acting a base station with the wavelan card in *infrastructure* mode or
> do you mean that the box operates in ad-hoc (peer to peer ) mode. Adhoc
> mode is very easy...what I want is to have the fbsd base station act as
> an access point where _many_ clients can associate....not just one....
>
> so which of the two does the fbsd "wavelan BS" do ...adhoc mode (peer to
> peer connection ) or infrastructure mode...???
a wavelan accesspoint operates in infrastructe mode, which means that
the client can only talk to the base station/accesspoint.
ad-hoc means clients can contact each other directly. the wi driver
supports both modes. i'm running my wavelan gold card in BSS mode to
an apple airport base station.
> If it works in ad-hoc mode the PCF and DCF functions are not really
> happening...which is what a BS is all about...
not sure what you mean by pcf and dcf. i do know that power saving
mode will not work in ad-hoc mode.
> Don't you agree? (or anyone else)
with what?
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