I'm running my desktop WiFi card in Ad-hoc mode, but for some curious reason my laptop only works well if set to Managed mode. It works sporadically if set to Ad-hoc mode.
I'm puzzled by this; it doesn't really matter, as it seems to work perfectly in this way. But I'd be interested to know why.
I should say that both the cards are Orinoco Gold (Classic), the one in the desktop being in a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor. I'm running FC-4.
Timothy Murphy wrote:
I'm running my desktop WiFi card in Ad-hoc mode, but for some curious reason my laptop only works well if set to Managed mode. It works sporadically if set to Ad-hoc mode.
I'm puzzled by this; it doesn't really matter, as it seems to work perfectly in this way. But I'd be interested to know why.
I should say that both the cards are Orinoco Gold (Classic), the one in the desktop being in a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor. I'm running FC-4.
"Managed" is for use with an access point. "Ad hoc" is for use betweeu (typically) peecees and such without using an access point. I'd not expect a wireless device configured "ad hoc" to talk especially well to an access point. "Master" configures the device as an access point. You should be able to configure either one of your Orinoccos as "Master" and the other "Managed." "Monitor" is used by software such as Kismet to sniff the air and see what traffic's about. Good for conducting a security audit of your neighbourhood to discover rogue users and access points.
John Summerfied wrote:
Timothy Murphy wrote:
I'm running my desktop WiFi card in Ad-hoc mode, but for some curious reason my laptop only works well if set to Managed mode. It works sporadically if set to Ad-hoc mode.
I'm puzzled by this; it doesn't really matter, as it seems to work perfectly in this way. But I'd be interested to know why.
I should say that both the cards are Orinoco Gold (Classic), the one in the desktop being in a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor. I'm running FC-4.
"Managed" is for use with an access point.
I know that is the theory. That is why I am puzzled that my laptop card only works in Managed mode with my desktop in Ad-hoc mode.
"Ad hoc" is for use betweeu (typically) peecees and such without using an access point. I'd not expect a wireless device configured "ad hoc" to talk especially well to an access point.
I don't have an access point.
"Master" configures the device as an access point. You should be able to configure either one of your Orinoccos as "Master" and the other "Managed."
Sadly this is not possible, at least with the orinoco_cs driver in the kernel.
Or rather, if anyone is able to do this - run the Orinoco Classic Gold or Silver card in Master mode - I should be very interested to hear.
"Monitor" is used by software such as Kismet to sniff the air and see what traffic's about. Good for conducting a security audit of your neighbourhood to discover rogue users and access points.
I tried the hostap driver, but it did not seem to work with the Orinoco cards. Is there any hope that it will?
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 12:06:13AM +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
John Summerfied wrote:
Timothy Murphy wrote:
I'm running my desktop WiFi card in Ad-hoc mode, but for some curious reason my laptop only works well if set to Managed mode. It works sporadically if set to Ad-hoc mode.
I'm puzzled by this; it doesn't really matter, as it seems to work perfectly in this way. But I'd be interested to know why.
I should say that both the cards are Orinoco Gold (Classic), the one in the desktop being in a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor. I'm running FC-4.
"Managed" is for use with an access point.
I know that is the theory. That is why I am puzzled that my laptop card only works in Managed mode with my desktop in Ad-hoc mode.
"Ad hoc" is for use betweeu (typically) peecees and such without using an access point. I'd not expect a wireless device configured "ad hoc" to talk especially well to an access point.
I don't have an access point.
"Master" configures the device as an access point. You should be able to configure either one of your Orinoccos as "Master" and the other "Managed."
Sadly this is not possible, at least with the orinoco_cs driver in the kernel.
"Monitor" is used by software such as Kismet to sniff the air and see what traffic's about. Good for conducting a security audit of your neighbourhood to discover rogue users and access points.
I am confused by this also. With the ipw2200 driver the three modes are Auto, Managed and Ad-Hoc. Is Auto like Monitor? ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Timothy Murphy wrote:
I'm running my desktop WiFi card in Ad-hoc mode, but for some curious reason my laptop only works well if set to Managed mode. It works sporadically if set to Ad-hoc mode.
I'm puzzled by this; it doesn't really matter, as it seems to work perfectly in this way. But I'd be interested to know why.
I should say that both the cards are Orinoco Gold (Classic), the one in the desktop being in a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor. I'm running FC-4.
It seems to depend on the chipset and the driver. For my Athros card using the madwifi drivers, it only works in Managed mode. Under FC5t3 it sees the Broadcom chipset and works in none of the modes.
Not certain why.