On Sunday 03 June 2007, David G. Miller wrote: >Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Since part of this is F7 problems on the lappy, I've also copied this to >> the fedora list. >> >>> >Gene Heskett schrieb: >>>> >> On Saturday 02 June 2007, Sebastian Gottschall wrote: >>>>> >>> Gene Heskett schrieb: >> >> [snip] >> >>>> >> This seems to have worked except I cannot get it to service DHCP >>>> >> requests coming in over ath0, or then to allow a packet to go past >>>> >> even if I give it static addresses. >>> > >>> >the following steps are needed. turn the wireless interface you want to >>> >client mode >> >> Since the lappy is the client, and the atheros card in the x86 dd-wrt box >> is the AP, I've put that in the lappies >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 profile, then did an ifdown >> wlan0;ifup wlan0, but it rejects that with: >> >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8b06) : >> invalid argument "Client" > > From the iwconfig man page: > > mode Set the operating mode of the device, which depends on the >network topology. The mode can be > Ad-Hoc (network composed of only one cell and without >Access Point), Managed (node connects to > a network composed of many Access Points, with roaming), >Master (the node is the synchronisa- > tion master or acts as an Access Point), Repeater (the >node forwards packets between other > wireless nodes), Secondary (the node acts as a backup >master/repeater), Monitor (the node is > not associated with any cell and passively monitor all >packets on the frequency) or Auto. > Example : > iwconfig eth0 mode Managed > iwconfig eth0 mode Ad-Hoc > >Not sure where you're setting mode to "client" but that's not a valid >value. Managed tends to work unless you know what you're doing and you >know why you need one of the other vales. > >Cheers, >Dave > Thanks Dave, I'll play with it some more tomorrow. The avahi-daemon is killing me too, so I'm going to read up on that puppy too. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Another good night not to sleep in a eucalyptus tree.
