On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 12:06:13AM +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > John Summerfied wrote: > > > Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> I'm running my desktop WiFi card in Ad-hoc mode, > >> but for some curious reason my laptop only works well > >> if set to Managed mode. > >> It works sporadically if set to Ad-hoc mode. > >> > >> I'm puzzled by this; > >> it doesn't really matter, as it seems to work perfectly in this way. > >> But I'd be interested to know why. > >> > >> I should say that both the cards are Orinoco Gold (Classic), > >> the one in the desktop being in a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor. > >> I'm running FC-4. > >> > > "Managed" is for use with an access point. > > I know that is the theory. > That is why I am puzzled that my laptop card > only works in Managed mode with my desktop in Ad-hoc mode. > > > "Ad hoc" is for use betweeu (typically) peecees and such without using > > an access point. I'd not expect a wireless device configured "ad hoc" to > > talk especially well to an access point. > > I don't have an access point. > > > "Master" configures the device as an access point. You should be able to > > configure either one of your Orinoccos as "Master" and the other > > "Managed." > > Sadly this is not possible, at least with the orinoco_cs driver > in the kernel. > > > "Monitor" is used by software such as Kismet to sniff the air > > and see what traffic's about. Good for conducting a security audit of your > > neighbourhood to discover rogue users and access points. > I am confused by this also. With the ipw2200 driver the three modes are Auto, Managed and Ad-Hoc. Is Auto like Monitor? ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
