On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 11:51:57 -0500 (EST) shogunx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, the driver for my Lucent card doesn't support this > > command and I presume that it's not possible w/ the current firmware. As > > someone already stated: though the card was quite good and stable at > > past meetings, this time it was really annoying. Either the firmware > > needs an update to take the new conditions (mixed environment w/ ad-hoc > > nets) into account or I'll have to change the vendor. > > I'm pretty sure its not fireware thats tthe issue. Make sure your kernel > is patched with the latest version of wireless extensions, then compile > wireless-tools calling includes from the patched kernel headers. Though I'm able to do this (which may not be true for other linux users), and, it really costs a lot of time to do it. I've done it several times at past meetings, because the driver wasn't stable enough and crashed my kernel several times. This time I contacted the author of the driver and he had no idea how to override the firmware's handover decision, sorry. Roland
