Re: Ad-hoc or Managed WiFi mode?

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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?
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Aaron Konstam
Computer Science
Trinity University
telephone: (210)-999-7484


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