is the problem the "ad-hock Mode on the Xp box and managed mode on
yours"
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"none" Nickname:"Broadcom 4311"
Mode:Managed
ESSID:"false-hackerz" <----------the XP laptop
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Ad-Hoc
should you box be also "false-hackers" ?
Alexis wrote:
Okay, many thanks for the reply :-)
I've set up a new ad-hoc network on the XP box, "false-hackerz" - I get
the following: (nb kernel is home brew - I seem to be stuck for wireless
tools supporting v22 of Wireless extension though - I might have to
build from source)
alexis@pussycat:~$ sudo iwlist scanning
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 22
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
Some things may be broken...
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:7F:D9:4C:77
ESSID:"SpeedTouch5CEE2B" <-- this must be one of the
neighbours
Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36
Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Quality=89/100 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise
level=-66 dBm
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 384ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 5E:15:5E:15:10:5C
ESSID:"false-hackerz" <----------the XP laptop
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Quality=98/100 Signal level=-44 dBm Noise
level=-66 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 391ms ago
from iwconfig I get:
alexis@pussycat:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 22
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
Some things may be broken...
eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"none" Nickname:"Broadcom 4311"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.472 GHz Access Point: Invalid
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=18 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-256 dBm Noise level=-256
dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
I've tried running wpa_supplicant with an un-modified copy of its
template config file - it makes a difference to the gui "Wireless
Assistant" which can then see the speedtouch next door, but doesn't seem
to affect the cli tools. So now I am stumped - I don't know what it is
I'm missing because I don't really know what I'm looking for.
On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 16:39 +0000, Kevin Lucas wrote:
whats the output from iwconfig? or iwscan is the windoze machine
running as an access point?
have you used where eth0 is your wirless card name?
iwconfig eth0 ap any
Alexis wrote:
Happy New Year to all :-)
I wonder if anyone in the group can further my understanding, or
help solve this problem, or something like that.
I've been trying to set up an ad-hoc wireless network with my wife's
laptop and my own, just for the sake of actually being able to do it
really. I managed after a great deal of messing about to do it in
windows (hers has XP mine has Vista (which is vile evil demon spawn btw
phut! phut!)).
I've got my (Broadcom) wireless card working natively in Ubuntu where it
can detect other networks, but I haven't figured out how to make it
visible yet. It's not fully supported but I'm guessing if it can
receive it can also transmit (plus there are other reports of success).
So the root of the problem is how to get it so it is visible to the XP
machine. I can use iwconfig to set the mode and and essid, and iwlist
scanning to detect other networks, but got no further than this.
Basically I'll be happy if I can get the XP machine to see this one now
and can set up any other stuff from there, but beyond putting the card
in ad-hoc mode and providing an essid I'm really stumped. We use wired
ethernet for internet and file sharing so don't have a wireless access
point to test against. So, help please!
Many thanks in advance,
Alexis
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Regards: Kevin Lucas Post Master (Sub) Minions Shop & Tea Rooms
Minions Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE www.minionsbandb.co.uk
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Regards:
Kevin Lucas
Post Master (Sub)
Minions Shop & Tea Rooms
Minions
Liskeard Cornwall
PL14 5LE
www.minionsbandb.co.uk
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