On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 07:21:13PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all - > > - If two stations set their NIC to ad hoc mode and set > their SSID to identical values, when they come into > signal range, how does the negotiation/association > process work? Meaning, doesn't one of the stations > have to act as the "host"?
There is no master/slave relationship. One station should adopt the other's BSSID according to the WECA standard for "IBSS coalescence". It appears that a lot of devices (or their drivers) do not get this right. > - Are they each "beaconing" the same SSID? Yes. Dave -- David Young OJC Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Urbana, IL * (217) 278-3933 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
