> Also is it /etc/hostname.ath or /etc/hostname.ath0? Do you see the > difference? >
It is of course /etc/hostname.ath0. > But, before you muck around more with hostname.if, try the example from > "man ath": > > # ifconfig ath0 -bssid -chan media autoselect nwid "" -nwkey -powersave > > then: > > # ifconfig ath0 inet 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 NONE media autoselect > mediaopt hostap nwid my_net chan 11 > > you have to add "ifconfig ath0" (for obvious reasons) to the example in > the man page. I have done this a number of times with the exact same > card you have and it has worked every single time. I even changed the > nwid from "my_net" to "pigsfly" and it worked fine. > > You also need to send your ifconfig -a along - you are not doing > something correctly or the card is broke or I'm out of my mind... > I found my problem, the default mode is 11a and the cards of my clients only support 11b/g. Including a `mode 11b` in the ifconfig/hostname.ath0 statement solved my problem. > Steve Fettig > Thanks for your help, Jonathan -- Jonathan Weiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.innerewut.de
