Re: Ad-hoc channel setting bug

["Darren Albers" <dalbers gmail com>]

On 8/15/07, Ohad Lutzky <lutzky gmail com> wrote:
>
>
> Here's a bug I've reported under Ubuntu (I can't find a bugzilla in which to
> report it upstream):
>
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/112009
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> I'm trying to use NetworkManager to create an ad-hoc network with my
> ipw2200. The following manual method works:
>
> sudo iwconfig eth1 essid mynetwork channel 11 mode ad-hoc
>
> (That is, the laptop next to me will then see the network)
>
> However, when trying to do that with NetworkManager's "create wireless
> network", the laptop next to me
>  will not see the network. Checking iwconfig shows that the essid and mode
> were set properly - but unfortunately, one can't tell using iwconfig whether
> a channel was set. However, running
>
> sudo iwconfig eth1 channel 11
>
> aftwards fixes the problem. NM should do this
> automatically.-----------------------------------------------------
>
> This bug still seems to be there... is any progress being made? Is there any
> upstream bugzilla I can report this to?
>
> --
> Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that
> is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to
> be.
>  - William Hazlitt
>
> Ohad Lutzky
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You can file NetworkManager upstream bugs here:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=NetworkManager