[ath9k-devel] ad-hoc mode

[Benoit Papillault <benoit.papillault@free.fr>]

Le 05/05/2010 20:07, LIGEO_GEORGE at denso-diam.com a ?crit :
>
> After going through older posts - I found this one
> https://lists.ath9k.org/pipermail/ath9k-devel/2009-December/002808.html
>
> I use the config script in that post and can get the ad-hoc mode to work
> - the main reason why I think it didn't work earlier for me was that I
> didn't specify the fixed BSSID/cell number at both ends.
>
> But, I observe the exact same behavior as reported by the post - if I
> change the frequency to 2412, pings stop working in ad-hoc mode. Even if
> I re-insert the ath9k, it seem like the new frequency I set (2412)
> doesn't work. If I go back to the 5200 frequency after re-inserting
> ath9k module, pings start working again. Again, like the post stated,
> when I set 2412 using iw, I still see the old 5200 frequency in iwconfig.
>
> hm...

You don't need to use a fixed frequency, nor fixed BSSID. Just use :

iw dev wlan0 ibss join YourSSIID YourFrequency

YourFrequency is only used if scanning did not find a neighbor node.

Regards,
Benoit