Re: Ad-hoc channel setting bug

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 16:34 +0300, Ohad Lutzky 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? 

Right; since ipw drivers apparently don't pick an adhoc channel at all
when -starting- an adhoc network, and wpa_supplicant provides no means
to specify a frequency in the config.  NM _could_ manually set the
frequency, possibly when wpa_supplicant enters the "associating" phase.
I'd take a patch for that if somebody finds out that it actually works.

Dan

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> what they ought to be.
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> 
> Ohad Lutzky 
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