Jay Timmerman wrote: > Hi, > > I have been trying to setup an Ad-Hoc network between a bcm4311(version > 1) and ipw2200 card and I ran into some problems with the bcm4311 card. > Mainly, the card cannot associate with the other card via ad-hoc mode. > The card has no trouble picking up the ad-hoc network, but it simply > does not associate with it. Worse, the card has problems when it is set > to master mode. Whenever it is set to master mode, it broadcasts the > SSID "BRCM_TEST_SSID" and the mac address 00:10:18:F1:F2:F3 (this is not > correct) when instructed otherwise. It seems like it is some kind of > undocumented bug that has occurred with several other people. Right now > I am using kernel 2.6.22 with V3 firmware. Is there some kind of > explanation for the shaky ad-hoc and master modes?
Your problem is not a fault of the driver, but that of SoftMAC - the MAC layer used by bcm43xx. To use anything but managed mode, you should switch to b43, which is included in 2.6.24-rc1. I would suggest installing git and pulling from Linus's git tree, or using the "everything" branch of the wireless-2.6 git tree. Many of us are trying to get SoftMAC removed from 2.6.25. In any case, mac80211, which is used by b43, is a much better implementation. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
