Jim Flowers wrote:
> Great. I'll try it. Bummer - it doesn't work. wicontrol dumps on next
> iteration after -c 1.
>
> Latest ISA board I have is Model ISAPC-00 with a barcode of 91805300
> 010053/C. Do you know how I can tell what version of the firmware I have?
> I may have to buy a new one (shudder) from Lucent.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Atsushi Onoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 3:03 AM
> Subject: Re: fbsd box acting as a wavelan BS
>
> > > > Last I checked the wi driver will not do IBSS and says so in the
> > > > documentation. I also tried it and couldn't get anywhere. Would be
> nice.
> > >
> > > Uh, er, if you mean to create a service set, Lucent apparently hasn't
> seen
> > > fit to release that sort of information about the cards yet. I can
> probably
> > > get access to it, but it would be under NDA and therefore not useful.
> Your
> > > best bet is to bug your friendly neighborhood Lucent rep into releaseing
> > > the full documentation (and sample source code) to Bill Paul.
> >
> > Lucent have shipped newer firmware this March which DOES support creating
> > IBSS. The verision 6.04 of the firmware creates IBSS by setting wicontrol
> > -c 1 with -p 1 (BSS mode), and joins to IBSS if no access points found.
> > It seems that the name of created IBSS follows "network name" specified by
> > -n option, not "SSID" by -q option.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Atsushi Onoe
> >
>
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Jim,
I think the firmware is not with the ISA bridge but with the wavelan
card...If it is what I think then
you should be able to upgrade the firmware through a windows box with the
facility they provide
together with the firmware upgrade..
Theo
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