From: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>
To: Fabio Rossi <rossi.f@inwind.it>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: p54: ad-hoc mode doesn't work
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:52:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1230072758.5692.2.camel@dv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200812230132.21839.rossi.f@inwind.it>
On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 01:32 +0100, Fabio Rossi wrote:
> I was trying to test the ad-hoc mode with my wireless nic (p54 driver, latest
> wireless-testing git) but I get the following error result:
>
> # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
>
> The documentation page on linuxwireless.org states that the ad-hoc mode should
> be supported: what's wrong?
I think you need to install crda:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA
Once CRDA is installed, use "iw" to set your regulatory domain. Without
CRDA, the kernel uses very conservative rules that don't allow beaconing
and thus the ad-hoc mode.
--
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-23 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-23 0:32 p54: ad-hoc mode doesn't work Fabio Rossi
2008-12-23 22:52 ` Pavel Roskin [this message]
2008-12-24 17:28 ` Fabio Rossi
2008-12-24 17:37 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-12-24 21:03 ` Fabio Rossi
2008-12-24 17:40 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2008-12-24 21:03 ` Fabio Rossi
2008-12-24 22:10 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-12-29 19:38 ` Fabio Rossi
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