On Friday 07 April 2006 21:13, Ross Finlayson wrote: > When I try to configure my "iwi" device (after loading the bss > firmware) to run as an access point (under 6.0-STABLE): > ifconfig iwi0 inet <my-addr> ssid FOOBAR channel 5 media > DS/11Mbps mediaopt hostap up > I get > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured > > Is this because "hostap" mode is not currently supported for the > Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG (iwi) device? Or is there something that > I'm doing wrong?
No, iwi(4) does not support hostap mode at the moment. There seems to be some effort in making a Linux driver: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipw2200-ap but it is unclear what the status of this is. > (If it's not possible to run this driver in "hostap" mode, then how > could I configure it to run as an IBSS 'base station' instead? (The > "network-wireless.html" page in the FreeBSD handbook is silent on this > point.)) The ath(4) man page has the following example: ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.0.22 netmask 0xffffff00 ssid my_net \ mode 11b mediaopt adhoc I haven't been able to get iwi(4) working in IBSS mode however. -- /"\ Best regards, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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