I read somewhere recently that many modern wifi cards don't support many modes. I'll try to remember where I saw it and post back. Maybe I'll just GoogleFu it.
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a script to check what modes your wifi card supports. > > wifi=eth1 > > curmode=$(sudo iwconfig ${wifi} | grep -o 'Mode:[^ ]*' | cut -d: -f2) > modes=" > Managed > Ad-Hoc > Master > Repeater > Secondary > Monitor > Auto > ${curmode} > " > for mode in ${modes} ; do > echo ==$mode ; > sudo iwconfig ${wifi} mode ${mode} ; > sudo iwconfig ${wifi} | grep -o 'Mode:[^ ]*' > done > > On my laptop, this is what I get: > > ==Managed > Mode:Managed > ==Ad-Hoc > Mode:Managed > ==Master > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument. > Mode:Managed > ==Repeater > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument. > Mode:Managed > ==Secondary > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument. > Mode:Managed > ==Monitor > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument. > Mode:Managed > ==Auto > Mode:Managed > ==Managed > Mode:Managed > > Makes me wonder if it is a hardware, driver, or other issue preventing > me from changing modes. > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: >> Using ad-hoc didn't seem to do the trick, either: >> >> $ sudo iwconfig eth1 | grep -o 'Mode:[^ ]*' >> Mode:Managed >> >> $ sudo iwconfig eth1 mode ad-hoc >> >> $ sudo iwconfig eth1 | grep -o 'Mode:[^ ]*' >> Mode:Managed >> >> $ sudo iwconfig eth1 mode ad-hoc commit >> >> $ sudo iwconfig eth1 | grep -o 'Mode:[^ ]*' >> Mode:Managed > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
